Question

Why did mendel choose garden pea for his experiment?

Answer 1

Gregor Mendel conducted hybridization experiments on around 29,000 pea plants. Peas were an ideal choice for Mendel to use because they had easily observable traits there were 7 of which he could manipulate. He began his experiments on peas with two conditions.

Answer 2

Reason why Mendel has chosen Garden Pea for experiment:

• It contains parts of male and female known as perfect bisexual flowers.

• The crop- pollination is easy in this plant because one plant pollen can be introduced to another plant stigma by extracting anthers

• It is an annual plant with a short life cycle.

• Pea plants produces a large number of seeds in single generation.

• The flowers are self-pollinating and pure line for several generations is easy in this flower.