Gujarati
4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
medium

How many pairs of contrasting characters in pea pod were chosen by Mendel

A

$2$

B

$3$

C

$4$

D

$7$

Solution

(a) Mendel in his experiment considered total $7$ characters

($3$ characters of seed i.e., seed shape, seed colour, cotyledon colour, $2$ characters of pod i.e., pod shape and pod colour and $2$ characters of plant i.e., plant height and position of pods on the stem).

Standard 12
Biology

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