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why did gregor mendel conclude that the genes for flower and seed color in pea plants independently assorted even though both traits are on the same chromosome

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Mendel discovered diploidy in plants (containing two complete sets of chromosomes) peas specifically; basically he knew each pea carried two alleles for each genetic trait.
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