Question
Give Reasons : Mendel selected garden pea for his breeding experiments.
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Answer
Mendel selected garden pea for his breeding experiments, because:
- The pea plants were true breeding varieties.
- The pea plants being annual, it was possible to cross and study many generations within a short period.
- The pea plants had a number of distinguishable, contrasting characters such as tall habit and dwarf habit, round seed and wrinkled seed.
- The pea plants were easy to handle for breeding experiments.
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