who developed the punnett square and what is its purpose?

options:

reginald punnett to learn to play tic-tac-toe

reginald punnett, to depict the number and variety of genetic combinations.

gregor mendel to show differences in how peas taste.

gregor mendel to show how peas produce offspring

Reginald Punnett, to depict the number and variety of genetic combinations.

Exlanation:

the answer is b because, investigating whether another species of moth also drinks tears might be interesting, but it would not directly explain why this species of moth does.

to explain why this species of moth drinks tears, the scientist could ask: "what nutrients that moths need are in elephant tears? "

the scientist could experiment with moth repellent or oter ways to keep the moths away, but that would not answer his original question.