it is mentioned in the discussion that garden peas work as excellent test subject in mendel's experiment .Why do you think so?
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It is an annual plant with a short life cycle . So,several generations can be studied within a short period.
It has perfect bisexual flowers containing both male and female parts.
The flowers are predominantly self pollinating. It is easy to get pureline for several generations.
It is easy to cross pollinate them because pollens from one plant can be introduced to the stigma of another plant by removing anthers.
Pea plant produces a large no of seeds in one generation.
Pea plants could be easily be raised,maintained and handled.
A number of easily detectable contrasting characters were available.
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