(a) Why did Mendel choose garden pea for his experiments ? Write two reasons.
(b) List two contrasting visible characters of garden pea Mendel used for his experiment.
(c) Explain in brief how Mendel interpreted his results to show that the traits may be dominant or recessive. (Foreign 2016)

Garden peas were Mendel’s initial selection for his experiment because:

(I) It was simple to grow and shows some distinct contrastive traits, such as some pea plants being tall and others being dwarf.
(ii) Pea plants are self-pollinating, which allows for the production of numerous generations in a very short amount of time.

(a) Mendel observed the following contrasting traits in the garden pea plant:

Characters	Plants
	Recessive	Dominant
(i) Plant height	Dwarf	Tall
(ii) Colour of the seed	Green	Yellow