Question

Which of the following statements about Mendel is correct?

• A. He was an Austrian monk who worked on garden pea and discovered basic principles of heredity.
• B. He chose sweet pea plants due to their easily detectable contrasting characters.
• C. He cross-pollinated pea plants that had clear opposite characteristics like tall and dwarf to produce pure lines.
• D. All of the statements are correct

Answer 1

The correct option is A He was an Austrian monk who worked on garden pea and discovered basic principles of heredity.

Mendel was an Austrian monk who worked on garden pea plants and discovered basic principles of heredity.
He chose garden pea plant and not sweet pea plant, as they have clearly contrasting characters, producing results in a small span of time.
Pure breeding varieties or pure lines are created by continued self-pollination of plants having a specific trait for a character.