How did Me'n del know that the pea plants usen by hem during the experiment was of puré tall breed?

Open in App

Solution

He knew the breeding cycle of peas. Other scientiests were working with petunias which have a different cycle. He was also lucky in icking traits that were clear dominant or recessive and not codominant or blended.
Mendelev was very much studied about the pea plant cycle and he was able to find the pure breed.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. A Mendelian experiment consisted of breeding tall pea plants, bearing violet flowers with short pea plants, bearing white flowers. The progeny was of all violet flowers, but almost half of them were short. This suggests that the genetic make-up of the tall parent can be depicted as

A heterozygous tall pea plant is crossed with the pure dwarf pea plant. The phenotypic ratio of breeding tall pea plants to breeding dwarf pea plants shall be______.

Q. In a breeding experiment, tall pea plants (TT) are crossed with dwarf pea plants (tt). If the resulting

F_{1}

plants are crossed with dwarf plants, the progeny consists of

Q. Which of the following is totally impossible outcome of Mendel's Experiment (cross breeding pure bred tall and short pea plants)

Q. A breeding experiment was conducted in pea plant wherein the tallness of a plant was being studied. A pure tall plant was first taken as a male plant and then as the female plant in the second cross. The other plant in both the cases was a pure dwarf plant. The purpose of this experiment was primarily to find out

Join BYJU'S Learning Program