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Describe the blending Hypothesis. Explain why it was discarded as a valid Hypothesis

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Before the discovery of chromosomes and genes, scientists thought that the traits of two parents blended together to create an intermediate mix of a trait in the offspring; this is the blending hypothesis.
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