why did Mendel select pea plant
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Mendel picked common garden pea plants for the focus of his research because they can be grown easily in large numbers and their reproduction can be manipulated. Pea plants have both male and female reproductive organs. As a result, they can either self-pollinate themselves or cross-pollinate with another plant.
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Mendel selected pea plant for his experiments, because
1) Pea plants have short life cycle.
2) They exhibit seven pairs of contrasting characters which are easily recognizable such as smooth or wrinkled seeds, short or tall, height, etc.
3) Hybrids and their offspring are fertile, that is continuous cross and self fertilizationswere possible.
4 Pea plants can be self pollinated and cross pollinated.
5) These plants are easy to grow either on the ground or its pots.
6) These plants have short maturity and can produce large number of seeds in a single generation.