Question

mendel was able to identify predictable patterns of heredity. he succeeded mainly because he chose to study traits that

Answer 1

...were due to single genes and followed simple inheritance patterns (dominant/recessive).

Step-by-step explanation:

The traits Mendel studied were easy to track because the two possible outcomes were distinct and the trait itself was visible and trackable. The fact that they followed simple inheritance patterns helped him when he was determining his ratios for different crosses because complex inheritance would've muddled his data.