Please produce your document in MS Word and email it to me as an attachment. Tomorrow, in class, we will be doing the following lesson. Familiarize yourself with the short story and be prepared to participate in the discussion. Mendel and Fiction Principles of Genetics Pea plants were a good choice for Mendel's investigations. They are easy to grow, and they mature quickly.
Different plants show sharply contrasting traits.
Each pair of traits is easily seen. In addition, the structure of the pea flower and its natural method of pollination make it easy to use in controlled experiments. Pea flowers normally self pollinate because the stigma and anthers are enclosed by the petals. This reduces cross pollination in nature. By removing the stamens before they ripened, Mendel could prevent self pollination and cross pollinate the flower by dusting pollen from another plant onto the stigma.