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What is one of the reasons why Gregor Mendel chose to study

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Gregor Mendel was the father of the field of genetics, which seeks to explain how traits are passed on from one generation to the next.
To study genetics, Mendel chose to work with pea plants because they have easily identifiable traits.
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