Question

Mention two advantages of selecting pea plant for experiment by mendel

Answer 1

Mendel selected Pea plant for his experiment bcoz pea plant have a number of contrasting characters, easy to cultivate, self pollination occurs, short life span.

Answer 2

Answer:

Mendel selected pea plants to carry out his study on the inheritance of characters from parents to offspring. He selected a pea plant because of the following features.

• Peas have many visible contrasting characters such as tall/dwarf plants, round/wrinkled seeds, green/yellow pod, purple/white flowers, etc.
• Peas have bisexual flowers and therefore undergo self pollination easily. Thus, pea plants produce offsprings with same traits generation after generation.
• In pea plants, cross pollination can be easily achieved by emasculation in which the stamen of the flower is removed without affecting the pistil.
• Pea plants have a short life span and produce many seeds in one generation.

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