In an experiment on pea-breeding Mendel obtained the following frequencies of seed : 315 round and yellow, 101 wrinkled and yellow, 108 round and green, 32 wrinkled and green. ACcording to his theory of heredity the numbers should be in proportion 9 : 3: 3: 1. Is there any evidence to doubt the theory at 5% level of significance ?

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In an experiment on pea-breeding Mendel obtained the following frequencies
of seed : 315 round and yellow, 101 wrinkled and yellow, 108 round and green, 32 wrinkled
and green. According to his theory of heredity the numbers should be in proportion 9 : 3 :
3: 1. Is there any evidence to doubt the theory at 5% level of significance ?
Transcribed Image Text:In an experiment on pea-breeding Mendel obtained the following frequencies of seed : 315 round and yellow, 101 wrinkled and yellow, 108 round and green, 32 wrinkled and green. According to his theory of heredity the numbers should be in proportion 9 : 3 : 3: 1. Is there any evidence to doubt the theory at 5% level of significance ?
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