Mendel's experiments with garden peas differed from those of other plant hybridizers of the time in that:

Question

A. Mendel studied true-breeding strains,
rather than poorly defined material.
B. Mendel focused on a small number of
easily contrasted traits, rather than a large
number of more complex traits.
C. Mendel quantified his results and looked
for statistical patterns, rather than simply
noting the presence or absence of a trait
among a group of offspring.
D. Mendel performed no crosses between
strains, whereas other hybridizers did.
E. Mendel studied true-breeding strains,
focused on a small number of easily
contrasted traits, and quantified results.

Answer 1

E