Why did Mendel choose pea plant for his
hereditary experiments?
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Answer:
For Gregor Mendel, pea plants were fundamental in allowing him to understand the means by which traits are inherited between parent and offspring. He chose pea plants because they were easy to grow, could be bred rapidly, and had several observable characteristics, like petal color and pea color.
Answer:
Mendel is known as the father of modern genetic because of genetic experiment with Pea or Pisum Sativum.
(a) The reason for the selection of pea plants for the genetic experiments are
Easy to grow in the garden.
The flowers of pea plants are hermaphrodite, i.e flowers have bisexual characteristics.
Easy to obtain pure breed plant through self-fertilization
The generation time of pea plants is less.
They have excellent disease resistance and have an optimal rate of survival.
(b) The law of independent assortment states that the alleles of different genes are inherited independently within the organisms that reproduce sexually.