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Give two reasons why Mendel chose garden pea for his experiments? Give the biological name of this plant.

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Mendal selected garden pea for his experiments because (a) Pure varieties of pea were available in which self as well as cross pollination could be carried out.
(b) Pea plant showed a number of easily detectable contrasting characters. Biological name of garden pea is Pisum sativum.
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