Mendel chose the garden pea for his work on inheritance for all of the following reasons except
A)he failed his examination for a teaching certificate.
B)earlier investigators had shown segregation among the offspring.
C)a large number of true breeding varieties were already available.
D)the generation time was short;many offspring can be grown easily.
E)he could choose to self- or cross-pollinatE.

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Mendel's choice of using garden pea for his work on inheritance was not influenced by his failure to obtain a teaching certificate. The other reasons listed - segregation among offspring, availability of true breeding varieties, short generation time and ability to self- or cross-pollinate - are all important factors that made garden pea an ideal organism for studying genetics.

Mendel Chose the Garden Pea for His Work on Inheritance