2007-03-22 06:26:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Several factors are important: pea plants are available in many different varieties, with distinguishable characteristics. Also, Mendel could strictly control which plants were crossed with which (by removing the immature stamens of a plant before they produced pollen, and dusting pollen from another chosen plant onto the flowers of the first). He chose to study only plants with characteristics that were "either-or"; that is, there were two clear possibilities, with no "in-between" varieties. Also, he made sure that he started his experiments with varieties that were true-breeding (thus, homozygous).
2007-03-22 06:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by kt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First and foremost was the fact that they were a plant that Mendel was already familiar with. Along with that they were very recognizable traits that could be exploited. Mendel found pea plants with distinct blossom colors; purple vs white, distinct seed conditions; smooth vs wrinkled, distinct seed color; green vs yellow and distinct plant height; short (dwarf) vs tall. These were all easy to discern and the pea is easily artificially pollenated by brushing pollen of a specific contributor onto another specific flower.
2007-03-22 06:43:50 · answer #2 · answered by biosciguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OH I KNO THIS urm well pea plants have many different characteristics o.O and i think thats it lmao i just studied this like last month o_O but yea
2016-03-28 23:43:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its open structure is helpful; however, the main advantage of using peas was that they had visible variation.
2007-03-22 06:38:24 · answer #4 · answered by Nick D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they had many phenotypes which would make things easier
he also conducted experiments with fruit flies because of the visual characteristics
2007-03-22 07:05:37 · answer #5 · answered by jesus cruz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋