What Mendel Called "Factors," We Now Call ____

Question

What Mendel called "factors," we now call ____.
A) nucleotides
B) DNA
C) chromosomes
D) genes
E) bases

Accepted Answer

Mendel's "factors" are now known as genes, which are segments of DNA located on chromosomes that determine specific traits. Nucleotides, DNA, chromosomes, and bases are all related to genes, but they are not what Mendel called "factors."