What valuable information was gained from Mendel’s dihybrid crosses? Select all that apply.

A) Not all traits are controlled by genes. In most plants, genes only determine traits that affect flower color.
B) Statistical and probability methods can be used to determine how likely an offspring is to inherit certain traits.
C) Genes are inherited differently in plants than they are in animals.
D) Inheritance of one trait does not affect inheritance of another.

Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and descendants and depicting the relationships in a cladogram. which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way? a. there are millions of species on earth, and a cladogram is not a practical means for classifying all of them. b. it is impossible to tell which organisms are most closely related to each other using a cladogram. c. cladograms are detail-oriented and do not provide a useful understanding of evolutionary relationships. d. there is a limited number of ways to organize the information, so most cladograms end up looking very similar.