Mendel's manuscript discussing his pea-breeding results is considered one of the two most important scientific papers of the nineteenth century because he was the first to explain how
A)mutations produced the variety of alleles displayed by individuals of the same species.
B)traits are passed from one generation to the next.
C)meiosis controls the distribution of alleles to each gamete.
D)genes are arranged on chromosomes in the cell.

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Mendel's manuscript explained the concept of inheritance and how traits are passed from one generation to the next. This was a fundamental discovery that revolutionized the field of genetics and laid the foundation for the modern understanding of heredity.

Mendel's Manuscript Discussing His Pea-Breeding Results Is Considered One of the Two