Name the plant which was selected by Mendel for his experiments. why he selected this plant ?
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(a) Mendel selected garden pea plant for his experiments because of the following characteristics:
(i) The flowers of this plant are bisexual.
(ii) They are self-pollinating, and thus, self and cross pollination can easily be performed.
(iii) The different physical characteristics were easy to recognise and study.
(iv) They have a shorter life span and are the plants are easier to maintain.
(b) According to Mendel's law of independent assortment, during the inheritance of two or more characters, the assortment of individual traits takes place independently during gamete formation. Thus each allele of a pair segregates independently and each gamete formed contains one allele of that trait. This law is inapplicable for linked genes.
Answer:
pea plant
Explanation:
because easy to grow in the garden
the generation time of pea plant is less
flowers of pea plant are hermaphrodite
ie flowers have bisexual characters that why Mendel selected pea plant