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What was a significant advantage of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum) for Mendel's experiments?
What was a significant advantage of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum) for Mendel's experiments?
- Small number of seeds produced
- High susceptibility to pests and diseases
- Inability to self-fertilise
- Short life span of the plant (correct)
Why did Mendel choose Garden Pea (Pisum sativum) as his experiment material?
Why did Mendel choose Garden Pea (Pisum sativum) as his experiment material?
- Availability of detectable contrasting traits of several characters (correct)
- High resistance to pests and diseases
- Long life span of the plant
- Inability to carry out cross-fertilisation
In addition to self-fertilisation, what else could be carried out with Garden Pea (Pisum sativum) for Mendel's experiments?
In addition to self-fertilisation, what else could be carried out with Garden Pea (Pisum sativum) for Mendel's experiments?
- Apomixis
- Vegetative propagation
- Cross-fertilisation (correct)
- Grafting
