Why Mendel selected garden pea plant for his experiments?
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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
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Mendel selected garden pea for his breeding experiments, because
(1) The pea plants were true breeding varieties.
2) The pea plants being annual. it was possible to cross and study many generations within a short period.
(3) The pea plants had a number of distinguishable, contrasting characters such as tall habit and dwarf habit, round schedule and wrinkIed seed.
(4) The pea plants were easy to handle for breeding experiments.
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