Why did Mendel prevent his plants from self-pollinating?

to control the crossing of the traits
in order to insure that each plant's offspring would remain identical to the parents
to maintain a pure strain
so they could not produce offspring

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Why did Mendel prevent his plants from self-pollinating?

to control the crossing of the traits
in order to insure that each plant's offspring would remain identical to the parents
to maintain a pure strain
so they could not produce offspring

anonymous · Answer

Think about what the most important part of an experiment is =]

anonymous · Answer

i would think that it would be he prevented his plants from pollinating themselves is to maintain a pure strain. is that correct?

anonymous · Answer

He stopped them from self pollinating so he could be sure who the parents were, other wise he would not be sure if the phenotypes were from a self cross or the cross he was trying to produce.

neonumbrella5115 · Answer

He wanted the genes to be completely controlled by him, not the random chance of pollination.

anonymous · Answer

thanks, guys! :^)

anonymous · Answer

your very much welcome