Mendel was lucky to work on pea plants for his experiment because

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Mendel was lucky to work on pea plants for his experiment because (A) pea flowers are normally self pollinated but can be readily cross pollinated (B) there are several varieties in peas with observable alternative form of a trait (C) the selected seven characters in the experiment are located on the same chromosome (D) the selected seven characters were located on different chromosomes.

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Mendel selected common garden pea for his experiment. Mendel selected those traits, the genes of which were either present on different chromosomes or show complete recombination.

Q. Mendel was lucky to work on pea plants for his experiment because

pea flowers are normally self pollinated but can be readily cross pollinated

there are several varieties in peas with observable alternative form of a trait

the selected seven characters in the experiment are located on the same chromosome

the selected seven characters were located on different chromosomes.

Mendel selected common garden pea for his experiment. Mendel selected those traits, the genes of which were either present on different chromosomes or show complete recombination.