Mendal choose pea plants for his expirements because it ha following advantages 1-Well defined characters 2-Bisexual flowers 3-Predominently self fertilization 4-Early hybridization
1) the plant has a large number of contrasting characters. 2) the plant has bisexual flowers, which are self fertilizing, hence selfing become easy 3) the flower are also suited for cross pollination 4) pea is a short duration plant, so a number of generation can be raised within a limited period of time
