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Mendel conducted his experiments on which plant to study the mechanism of inheritance.

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moong

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pea

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Solution

The correct option is B
pea

pea

As pea plant has many favourable characters as per the requirement of Mendelian study, Mendel chose pea plant and studied its contrasting traits in detail.

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What type of plants were used by Mendel for conducting his experiments on inheritance ?

(a) Why did Mendel choose pea plants for conducting his experiments on inheritance ?

(b) State Mendel's second law of inheritance.

Q. Mendel conducted his experiments on which plants?

Q. Select the option that correctly identifies the given statements as true (T) or false (F).

I. Mendel for the first time used statistical analysis and mathematical logic to solve problems in biology while investigating inheritance patterns.

II. For his experiments, Mendel collected very few samples which added greater credibility to his work.

III. Mendel confirmed his inferences from experiments on successive generations of his test plants and this proved that his results are pointing at general rules of inheritance.

Q. Assertion :Mendel conducted artificial pollination experiments for his genetic studies using true-breeding pea lines. Reason: A true-breeding line shows the stable trait inheritance and expression for several generations.

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