Mendel studied what he called characters and traits. What is the relationship between these terms?
a. Characters are heritable characteristics; traits are variations of characters.
b. Traits are heritable characteristics; characters are variations of traits.
c. Characters are the unknown packages transferred to the next generation; traits result from this transfer.
d. Characters are passed to the next generation; traits are never passed to the next generation.
e. Characters and traits are synonymous in Mendel's writings.
ANSWER: a
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