NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mendel chose pea plants because they had easily observable characteristics and there were two contrasting observable traits of each character. There were seven pairs of such contrasting characters seen and used (manipulated) by Mendel for his experiments.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gregor Mendel choose pea plants to perform his experiments because they grow quickly, are easy to breed, and have a variety of traits.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gregor Mendel chose the pea plants for his experiments because the garden pea is an ideal subject in the study of genetics for the following reasons: Presence of observable traits with contrasting forms. It produces many offspring in one cross. Short life cycle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hint: The hybridization experiments were conducted by Mendel on around 29, 000 pea plants. He chose pea plants because they had easily observable traits. The Law of independent assortment states that the inheritance of one character is always independent of the inheritance of other characters within the same individual.