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Why Mendel chose pea plant for his experiment |
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Answer» Gregor\xa0Mendel\xa0conducted hybridization\xa0experiments\xa0on around 29,000\xa0pea plants.\xa0Peas\xa0were an ideal choice for\xa0Mendel\xa0to use because they had easily observable traits there were 7 of which he could manipulate. ... He took years of breeding constant family lines to perfect the original constant traits. The reason for the selection of pea plants for the genetic experiments are\tEasy to grow in the garden.\tThe flowers of pea plants are hermaphrodite, i.e flowers have bisexual characteristics.\tEasy to obtain pure breed plant through self-fertilization\tThe generation time of pea plants is less.\t\tThey have excellent disease resistance and have an optimal rate of survival.\t Mendal choose pea plant because they grow up within short duration of time and so that he can study more about generations quickly.They were also easily available. Also pea plants have many different characteristics like dwarfness, tallness , different colours of pea,etc. |
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