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Pea plants were more suitable than cattle for Mendel's experiment because

1. There were no breeding records of cattles
2. Pea plants can be self-fertilised
3. cattle are not easy to mantain
4. All pea plants have 2n chromosomes and fewer genetic traits.

Correct answer: Pea plants can be self-fertilised

Solution

Pea plants can self-fertilise, so Mendel could control crosses and maintain true-breeding lines easily. This made inheritance patterns much simpler to study than in animals like cattle.

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