Which of the following did NOT contribute to the success of Mendel's research?

a. He chose a good organism to study, i.e. pea plants, which had clear-cut phenotypes.
b. He chose to focus on easily categorized traits, such as round or wrinkled
c. He began his studies by first repeatedly breeding together similar plants until he had many distinct populations, each of which was unvarying for a certain trait
d. He did not utilize any true-breeding organisms in order to study various types of traits
e. None of the above contributed to Mendel's research success.


Ans: d. He did not utilize any true-breeding organisms in order to study various types of traits

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