Why Mendel selected pea plants for his experiments to study inheritance pattern? Give any two reasons.

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Principles of Heredity:
Gregor Johann Mendel explained the passing of traits from the parents to the offspring.
The reasons why he chose pea plants for this experiment are:
The pea plant is an annual plant and has a short life span. So, numerous generations can be studied in a short period.
Bisexual characteristics are exhibited by pea plants.
The traits were contrasting and there were no intermediate phenotypes.

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