Why Mendel choose pea plant Pisum sativum for his experiment?

Mendel choose pea plants for his experiments because of the following reasons: (i) The flowers of this plant are bisexual. (ii) They are self-pollinating, and thus, self and cross-pollination can easily be performed. (iii) The different physical characteristics were easy to recognize and study.

Why green peas are recessive?

When a pea plant makes seeds, only one of its two copies of the color gene goes into the seed. So if you have two green pea plants, each can only pass a green version. Meaning all of the seeds they make will grow into pea plants with green peas. So that is why green peas are common even though they are recessive.

Which trait is recessive in pea plant?

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Trait	Dominant Expression	Recessive Expression
Form of ripe seed (R)	Smooth	Wrinkled
Color of seed albumen (Y)	Yellow	Green
Color of flower (P)	Purple	White
Form of ripe pods (I)	Inflated	Constricted

Which traits of the pea plants did Mendel choose to study?

He studied the inheritance of seven different features in peas, including plant height (tall or dwarf), flower color (purple or white), flower position (axial or terminal), seed color (green or yellow), seed shape (round or wrinkled), Pod shape (constricted or inflated) and Pod color (green or yellow).

How do Mendel’s experiments show that traits Maybe dominant or recessive?

Mendel’s experiments show that the Traits may be dominant or recessive by performing a monohybrid cross. Monohybrid cross between two pure breeding varieties always obtained hybrid progeny exhibiting one parental trait while the opposite trait was never expressed in the F1 generation.

Which of the following is dominant trait in pea plant?

Green pod color is dominant and yellow is recessive. The shape of the pod has two traits – inflated and constricted.

What are dominant recessive traits?

Dominant refers to the relationship between two versions of a gene. Individuals receive two versions of each gene, known as alleles, from each parent. If the alleles of a gene are different, one allele will be expressed; it is the dominant gene. The effect of the other allele, called recessive, is masked.

Why did Mendel study pea plants Edgenuity?

Mendel studied pea plants because they reproduced sexually and had traits that were easily observable. A pair of factors (known as genes) control traits.

How many traits in garden pea plants selected by Mendel for the genetic experiments were recessive?

Question	List any three traits of pea plant selected by Mendel for hisexperiments and mention their dominant & recessive form.
Chapter Name	Heredity
Subject	Biology (more Questions)
Class	12th
Type of Answer	Video & Text