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Inheritance and Variation — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYInheritance and Variation3 Marks
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:

  1. The pea plants were true breeding varieties.
  2. The pea plants being annual, it was possible to cross and study many generations within a short period.
  3. The pea plants had a number of distinguishable, contrasting characters such as tall habit and dwarf habit, round seed and wrinkled seed.
  4. The pea plants were easy to handle for breeding experiments.

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