Mendel studied plant inheritance.
Mendel observed round and oval seed shapes.
Gregor Mendel was a Silesian scientist known as the father of genetics. His famous experiment should not have used the garden pea plant as his experimental organism because this variety of pea plant naturally varies in its genetic makeup.
Gregor Mendel used pea plants for his hereditary experiments
garden pea plant
he was famous for the pea plant
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel used the garden pea plant because it was easy to control and manipulate in breeding experiments, had distinct traits that were easy to observe, and had a short reproductive cycle allowing for quick results and large sample sizes.
Round (smooth) and wrinkled
Gregor Mendel took two different colored pea plants: one had traits for white plants and the other had traits for a red plant. When Mendel cross bred the two plants, a plant with traits for a pink plant grew. This is how Mendel contributed to the understanding of inherited traits.
Gregor Mendel took two different colored pea plants: one had traits for white plants and the other had traits for a red plant. When Mendel cross bred the two plants, a plant with traits for a pink plant grew. This is how Mendel contributed to the understanding of inherited traits.
Easy to grow and the plant grew faster