Appraise the following to determine the best statement below that Relates the ideas of Darwin and Mendel to this unit. A. Darwin worked out the mathematical probabilities associated with Punnett Squares that today we know relate the underlying processed of crossing over, independent assortment, and random fertilization to the likelihood of phenotypic outcomes in genetic crosses.

B. Mendel established postulates that summarized how offspring compete for limited resources, and some are more likely to survive and reproduce than others based on inherited traits or characteristics, passing on traits better suited to an environment over time at higher rates.

C. Darwin’s postulates and Mendel’s mechanisms combine to explain the relationship that genotype plays with phenotype, and how phenotype interacts with the environment to create differential survival and reproductive success.

D. Both Darwin and Mendel were wrong, because they worked on evolution by natural selection.

E. Neither Mendel nor Darwin are correctly identified in any of the points above.