Why Did Mendel Analyze Thousands of Plants While Conducting His

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Multiple Choice

Why did Mendel analyze thousands of plants while conducting his research?

• A)To allow him to control the environment of his pea plants.
• B)The likelihood of seeing a clear pattern is higher with a larger data set.
• C)Mendel knew that chromosomes undergo recombination during meiosis.
• D)To eliminate the probability of mutations affecting his data.

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