Question

Give reasons for the success of Mendel's work on garden pea plant.

Answer 1

The reasons for success of Mendel’s work on garden pea plant are:

i. The garden pea plant was an annual, naturally self-pollinating plant with several pairs of contrasting characters.

ii. He studied only one character at a time.

iii. He kept accurate records (both qualitative and quantitative).

iv. He used statistical methods for analyzing the results.

v. The characters selected by him were present on different chromosomes.

vi. All the characters selected by him showed complete dominance.