Question

What was the model organism used by Mendel to give the laws of inheritance?

(a) Garden peas

(b) Wild peas

(c) Basket peas

(d) Bottle gourd

This question was posed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.

My enquiry is from Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance-2 in chapter Principles of Inheritance and Variation of Biology – Class 12

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) Garden peas

The best I can explain: Mendel was a priest at a church. He grew garden peas behind the church. He studied the passing of characters within these by the process of hybridization.