In Mendel's experiment, the characteristics of plants; nature of seed coat, flower colour, the position of flower, pod colour, stem height, etc., chosen by him for his study are known as:

Alleles

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Genotypes

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Phenotypes

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Genes

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Solution

The correct option is C Phenotypes
In Mendel's experiments, the nature of seed coat, flower colour, the position of flower, pod colour, stem height, etc. characters were studied are referred to as phenotype.
Phenotype is the observable character, the result of an expression of genotype.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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