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Question
List any two contrasting characters other than height that Mendel used in his experiments in pea plants.
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Solution
The two contrasting traits other than height used by Mendel are:-
(i) Pod colour - Green pod colour was dominant over yellow colour
(ii) Seed shape - Round seed shape was dominant over wrinkled seed shape
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