Question

2(i) The plant on which Mendel performed his
experiments was
(a) Gram
(b) Garden Pea
(c) Peanut
(d) Pigeon Pea
(i) Write the scientific name of that plant.
3.Name any two variants found in human
populations.
4.Give reasons why Mendel chose pea plant for his
experiments.​

Answer 1

Answer:

2.answer

Pisum sativum

Mendel carried out his key experiments using the garden pea, Pisum sativum, as a model system. Pea plants make a convenient system for studies of inheritance, and they are still studied by some geneticists today. Useful features of peas include their rapid life cycle and the production of lots and lots of seeds.

Answer 2

Answer:

2. b. garden pea

scientific name -Pisum sativum

4.He chose pea plants because they were easy to grow, could be bred rapidly, and had several observable characteristics, like petal color and pea color.