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Give reason.
a. Mendel selected garden pea (Pisum sativum) as his experimental plant.
b. Blood group identification is not required while transfusing serum.

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a. Garden pea (Pisum sativum) shows a large number of contrasting characters. Moreover the hybrids are fertile, easy to cultivate, short growth period and life cycle, availability of pure breeding varieties etc. All these are the reasons for the selection of garden pea as his experimental material.
b. Serum does not contain any antigen.
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