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(a) Easy to grow (b) Short life span (c) Easily distinguishable characters (d) Larger size of flower (e) Self pollinated

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Mendel choose pea plant for his experiments for the following reasons 

  • Pea plants are easy to grow 
  • They have short life span 
  • They got larger size flower 
  • Pea plants are self-pollinated
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Gregor Mendel chose pea plant because the garden pea is an ideal subject in the study of genetics for the following reasons:

(i) They grow quickly.

(ii) They have a short life-cycle.

(iii) They are easily self- and cross-pollinated and produces many offspring in one cross.

(iv) They have easily observed characteristics.

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