Sunday, February 7, 2010

Why were true-breeding pea plants important for mendel's experiments?

Because it was known what their phenotypes would be because they were homozygous. Breeding two plants, one homozygous dominant and the other homozygous recessive leads to heterozygous. If he didn't start with the known it would have been much more difficult to find the patterns he did.Why were true-breeding pea plants important for mendel's experiments?
they acted as a constant

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