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Mendel chose peas because they had seven traits that he could study. Peas are easy to grow and they self fertilize.
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In 1866 who stated the laws of heredity?
The laws of heredity were researched by Gregor Johann, Mendel in the 1860s and 70s mostly by cross pollinating peas in the garden he grew for food in a Monastery
Peas can both cross-pollination and self-pollinate why was this a key factor in Mendel's work?
Mendel would not have discovered the nature of simple dominance.
What organism did mendel use for this study on genetics?
Mendel studied pea plants. He chose strains that bred true for traits like pea color, flower color, and height. By crossing plants that bred true for these traits he was able to determine that offspring were not a "blend" of their parents and that traits were passed on by what we now know as genes in patterns that could be predicted from one generation to the next.
According to Mendel a cross between two round yellow peas both with the genotype RrYy would result in mostly peas?
round, yellow
Mendel carefully blank his experiments and the peas he used?
Look up HEREDITY. IT will tell you about genetics, genes, and more.
Did Gregor Mendel work with garden peas?
Yes his most famous work dealt with the genetics of peas.
What website is Gregor Mendel pictures on?
Try Biography of Gregor Mendel. It has some decent pictures of Mendel and the garden where he planted his peas.
What organism did gregor mendel use to conduct his experiment?
He used pea plants for his genetics experiment.
How is the trait theory examined?
by garden peas of Mendel to formulate the laws of inheritance
What plant did Mendel study to learn the basic mechanisms of heredity?
Mendel choose the garden pea because the garden peas have a number of characteristics that are expressed in one of ways.
Why Mendel choose gardenpea in his experiment?
mendel worked in a monastery that was already studying garden peas. because they were readily available to him he experimented with them
What were gregor Mendel's experiments and the results?
He tested on garden peas and pisums. He was very successful in his studies.
What garden vegetable aided Gregor Mendel is his discovery of some simple rules by which genes are inherited?
It is Peas
Which scientist used garden peas to test patterns of inheritance?
Gregor Johann Mendel - The Father of Genetics
What animal did Gregor Mendel study?
he did not study animals, he is famous for his experiments with pea plants.
What pea attributes did Mendel use?
Mendel crossbred -tall & dwarf pea plants, -green & yellow peas, -purple & white flowers, -wrinkled & smooth peas. And a few other traits.
Why did Gregor Johann Mendel use peas?
They self-fertilize
