Which amongst the following characters were not studied by Mendel in his experiments?
A
Height of the stem
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B
Colour of the flower
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C
Shape of the seed
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D
Shape of the leaf
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Solution
The correct option is D Shape of the leaf Mendel performed hybridization experiments using garden pea. He studied seven pairs of contrasting characters as mentioned below:-
- Shape of the seed
- Colour of the seed
- Flower colour
- Flower position
- Height of the stem
- Colour of the pod
- Shape of the pod.
Shape of the leaf was the character which was not considered in Mendel's experiment.