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(a) Why did Mendel choose garden pea for his experiments ? Write two reasons. (b) List two contrasting visible characters of garden pea Mendel used for his experiment. (c) Explain in brief how Mendel interpreted his results to show that the traits may be dominant or recessive.

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Mendel CHOOSE garden pea for his experiment because of the following reasons: ... It is easy to cross-pollinate the plant because pollen from one plant can be introduced to the stigma of another plant by removing of anthers. Mendel DEMONSTRATED that TRAITS can be either dominant or recessive through his monohybrid cross. He crossed true-breeding tall (TT) and dwarf (tt) pea plants. ... They APPEARED tall only because the tall trait was dominant over the dwarf trait. This shows that traits may be dominant or recessive.



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