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The short answer is because they were easy to observe. But say you dont know anything about heredity, here is the long answer:
Mendel discovered that the traits of pea plants such as blossom color, stalk length, pea size, etc. were hereditary. this means that the traits were passed on from the parent plants to generation (Gen) I and then the traits of Gen I were passed on to Gen II and so on. The common assumption would naturally be that the traits would combine, ex. if a purple pea plant was crossed with a white pea plant then the spawn would be a lighter whitish-purple. But Mendel discovered that some genes are dominant and some are recessive, which can be explained in a punnet square:
This is a punnet square (if it didnt load right just Google images it. it was the second choice on my computer). Lets say that capitol G is the symbol for a purple pea blossom, and the lower case g is a symbol for a white blossom. The G is capitol because the purple blossom is the dominent gene. Lets also say that the Gg over the square is the gene map for the female plant that is being crossed. The dominent gene always takes over, so GG is purple, Gg is purple, and gg is white. The recessive gene only takes affect if there is not dominent gene. So if the top plant is the female, and the one on the right is the male, and both are Gg so both are purple, the four boxes set up a scenario. Each gene represents an offspring. If the crossed plants have 4 offspring, then one will be GG, one gg, and 2 Gg. You simply bring the letters down. All traits work this way. Eye color fur color, flower color, etc.
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What were two factors responsible for Mendel success?
Two factors that contributed to Mendel's success were his careful experimental design and his meticulous record keeping. These allowed him to accurately document patterns of inheritance in pea plants and derive his groundbreaking laws of genetics.
What was the dominant alleles in Mendel's pea plants?
The dominant alleles in Mendel's pea plants were those responsible for the traits of round seeds (R) versus wrinkled seeds (r), yellow seeds (Y) versus green seeds (y), purple flowers (P) versus white flowers (p), and inflated pods (I) versus constricted pods (i).
The scientist who utilized pea plants to conclude that factors determine inheritance was?
Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk and biologist, is the scientist who utilized pea plants to investigate the patterns of inheritance. Through his experiments, he discovered the basic principles of heredity, establishing the foundation for modern genetics.
In which generation were recessive traits hidden in all the plants in Mendels experiments?
f2 generation
Describ Mendel's first set of experiments?
In his first set of experiments, Mendel crossed purebred pea plants with different traits, such as tall and short plants. He observed the inheritance patterns in the offspring of these crosses over several generations. Mendel showed that traits are inherited independently and proposed the laws of segregation and independent assortment.
How did Mendel learn traits caused by hidden factor in pea plants?
They appeared in first and second generation offspring I think.
In which generation were recessive traits hidden in all the plants in Mendel's experiment?
f2 generation
What generation showed hidden traits in all plants of Mendel's experiments?
The F2 generation showed hidden traits in all plants of Mendel's experiments. This generation resulted from crossing the hybrid F1 generation plants, allowing recessive traits to resurface and become visible in the offspring.
What Mendel called alleles in his experimnts wth pea plants?
Mendel called alleles/genes factors.
What were two factors responsible for Mendel success?
Two factors that contributed to Mendel's success were his careful experimental design and his meticulous record keeping. These allowed him to accurately document patterns of inheritance in pea plants and derive his groundbreaking laws of genetics.
What plants did Mendel so his studies on?
Mendel did his studies on pea pod plants.
What was the dominant alleles in Mendel's pea plants?
The dominant alleles in Mendel's pea plants were those responsible for the traits of round seeds (R) versus wrinkled seeds (r), yellow seeds (Y) versus green seeds (y), purple flowers (P) versus white flowers (p), and inflated pods (I) versus constricted pods (i).
Why was it important that Gregor Mendel use true-breeding plants in his experience?
He needed a pure generation of plants to ensure that there were no recessive factors when he conducted his experiments on heredity.
What might have cause Gregor Mendel NOT to conclude that biological inheritance is determined by factors that are passes from one generation to the next?
if the f14 pea plants had traits of neither parent Mendel might not have concluded that factors for traits are passed from one generation to the next
What did gregor Mendel use p plants to study what?
Gregor Mendel used pea plants to study heredity.
What step did mendel take to sure that his peas plants did not self pollinate?
Mendel removed the anthers of one of the plants.
Gregor Mendel is considered the father of heredity because of his work with what kind of plants?
Gregor Mendel worked with pea plants.
