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What type of plants were used by Mendel for conducting his experiments on inheritance?

Mendel used pea plant for conducting experiments on inheritance. Reasons for selecting pea plant were

a) they are easy to raise


b) give many offspring per mating


c) self-fertilization


d) have varieties in genotype and phenotype.


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