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Why did Mendel study pea plants?

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Pea plants were fundamental in allowing him to understand the means by which traits are inherited between parent and offspring. He chose pea plants because they were easy to grow and could be bred rapidly and had many several observable characteristics like petal color and pea color. Mendel used a tall plant and a small plant expecting a medium plant to com out. That was not the case one tall plant came out and so did 3 small ones. This is because of genetics. And the genetic chart showing what the percents are.

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For Gregor Mendel, pea plants were fundamental in allowing him to understand the means by which traits are inherited between parent and offspring. He chose pea plants because they were easy to grow, could be bred rapidly, and had several observable characteristics, like petal color and pea color.
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