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Question
List two contrasting visible characters of garden pea Mendel used for his experiment.
Solution
Mendel performed experiments on a garden pea (Pisum sativum) with different visible contrasting characters. He selected seven contrasting pairs of characters such as tall/short plants, purple/white flower colour etc.
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