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Mention the advantages of selecting pea plant for experiment by Mendel.

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Mendel selected pea plant because:-

  • It possesses a large number of varieties.
  • Pure varieties of this plant were available.
  • Plant is small and flower is large enough to hand manually. 
  • Flowers are bisexual and produces fertile hybrids. 
  • Each plant produces a large number of seeds. 
  • Plants are self pollinated and can be cross pollinated.
  • Plant is annual with growth period of few months. 
  • Chances of contamination are very less.


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