What did mendel believe determined the characteristics of pea plants?

a. a blending of the alleles from both parent plants

b. inheritance of one allele, received from the healthier parent plant

c. inheritance of two alleles, both from the dominant parent plant

d. inheritance of two alleles, one from each parent plant

Ascientist is investigating the effects of salinity on fish development. he places fertilized fish eggs in an aquarium that contains low salinity and observes their development. what factor would improve experimental design the most? place the fish eggs in the open ocean because that is the natural habitat include another aquarium that has normal salinity to compare to the low salinity aquarium include an aquarium that replaces salt with sugar to confirm that the effects are specific to salt grow algae with the fish eggs in order to provide adequate nutrients to the developing embryos