Question

why did mendal low select garden pea for his experiment ? explain the characteristics of pea.

Answer 1

Mendal choose garden pea because
▪Pea was annual plant . And its life time was of 2 or 3 months .
▪the size of pea was also small.
▪Flowers were bisexual, monoecious .
▪It could only self pollination, autogamy.

Answer 2

Gregor Mendel chose the pea plants for his experiments because the garden pea is an ideal subject in the study of genetics for the following reasons:

presence of observable traits with contrasting forms

produces many offspring in one cross

short life cycle

ease in manipulating pollination (cross-pollination)

Pea plants had the following characteristics:-

plants were sexually reproducing with bisexual flowers

self-pollination and self-fertilization is possible

the life cycle was completed in one season

hybrids were perfectly fertile

many varieties with well-defined characters were available i.e. presence of seven pairs of contrasting or allelomorphic characters

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