Explain how Mendel's particulate hypothesis is different from the blending hypothesis of inheritance?
Mendel showed in his experiments that inherited traits are not
passed through the blending of inheritance theory. According to the
blending of inheritance theory, an offspring's traits are a blend
between the traits of the parent organisms. In Mendel's experiments
however, he showed that this was not true, and that inheritance is
actually based on genes, through the observation of recessive
traits. He observed that an offspring could have a trait that
neither of the parents had, which is now explained through both of
the parents having the recessive gene for the trait, but not
showing it because they are heterozygous dominant. There is a 25%
chance that the offspring of two heterozygous dominant parents will
produce a homozygous recessive offspring that will show the trait
that neither of the parents shows.