Define genes. Make the list of contrasting traits of pea plant studied

Define genes. Make the list of contrasting traits of pea plant studied by Mendel.

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Mendel concluded from his experiment that the factors which is responsible for a particular structural and physiological characteristics of the organism are present in pairs which now a days called genes. Mendel performed hybridisation experiment in pea plant with reference to the following seven pairs of contrasting characters.

Plant character	Dominant character	Recessive character
Length of plant	Tall	Dwarf
Position of flowers	Axillary	Terminal
Form of pod	Inflated or flat	Constricted
Colour of unripe pod	Green	Yellow
Colour of seed	Round	Wrinkled
Shape of seedcoat	Grey	White
Colour of cotyledons	Yellow	Green

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