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There were several advantages to using pea plants. They only had two alleles for each gene he tested (meaning only two options for the offspring, tall or short, purple or white, etc.), it is easy to crossbreed them and to control which ones mate with which ones, and they grow fairly quickly.

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He had a bunch of them, he could eat them if the experiment went awry, the traits of the plant were obvious and easily cataloged, and the plant is easy to grow and to maintain.

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