Gregor Mendel, considered the father or founder of classical genetics, conducted experiments with pea-producing plants. To demonstrate his hypothes...

Gregor Mendel, considered the father or founder of classical genetics, conducted experiments with pea-producing plants. To demonstrate his hypotheses, Mendel used this type of plant because:


a) the androecium and gynoecium are present in the same flower, which facilitates self-fertilization.
b) the seed has only two cotyledons, which absorb the food reserves for the nutrition of the embryo and the development of the peas.
c) the anatomical characteristics of its flowers facilitate cross-fertilization and thus enable the observation of pure genetic characteristics.
d) the pollen grains are transferred to the stigma of the same strobilus, since the modified leaves are very close to each other.
e) the number of offspring per generation is small and the generations are long, which facilitates the observation of the characteristics of the flower and the seed.