CBSE Class 12-science Answered

Mendel choose garden pea for his experiment because of the following reasons:

1. It is an annual plant with a short lifecycle.

2. It has perfect bisexual flowers containing both male and female parts.

3. The flowers are self-pollinating, and so, it is easy to get a pure line for several generations.

4. It is easy to cross-pollinate the plant because pollen from one plant can be introduced to the stigma of another plant by removing of anthers.

5. Pea plant produces a large number of seeds in one generation.

6. The plants can be easily raised, maintained and handled.

7. Many easily detectable contrasting characters were available.