Question

Mendel succeeded in giving the law of inheritance, while others failed.

Answer 1

Mendel succeeded in giving laws of inheritance while others failed due to the following reasons

• He chose pairs of contrasting characters, taking in consideration, one at a time. It has seven pairs of contrasting characters.
• Pea plant is annual and naturally self-pollinating.
• He kept accurate records of both qualitative and quantitative aspects in a statistical manner.
• All characters chosen by him showed complete dominance and these characters were present on different chromosomes.
• None of the factors were linked.