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Title: Why did Mendel remove the male parts from the flowers before he cross-pollinated them? Post by: iimam on Jun 17, 2013 Why did Mendel remove the male parts from the flowers before he cross-pollinated them?
I'm doing my Science study guide for Genetics and I need help. Title: Why did Mendel remove the male parts from the flowers before he cross-pollinated them? Post by: tonya.register on Jun 17, 2013 So that they could not self-pollinate.
Title: Why did Mendel remove the male parts from the flowers before he cross-pollinated them? Post by: smrj07 on Jun 17, 2013 most likely to prevent self-pollination: some flowers can do that, you know.
Title: Why did Mendel remove the male parts from the flowers before he cross-pollinated them? Post by: smnadeem on Jun 17, 2013 Mendel's experiments depended on knowing what the parents were of any cross he made. Peas are self-pollinated, so to prevent that he removed the male parts so that no pollen would be involved in the production of peas that Mendel, himself, did not introduce to the flower.
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