Describe one of the reasons why the garden pea was an excellent choice of model system for studying inheritance.

The results of Mendel's trials with approximately 30,000 garden peas were presented to the local environmental history society during 1865. He proved that characteristics are effectively passed through adults to offspring in predictable patterns. Mendel's fundamental task was done by studying heredity with in garden pea, also known as Pisum sativum.

The garden pea is sessile, with flowers that close tightly during self-pollination, observable traits with divergent forms, and tends to produce numerous progeny through one cross, and a short life cycle and convenience of pollination manipulation. There are seven sets of differing characters over the garden pea. These elements assist to eliminate unwanted or unavoidable fertilizations, which might have lowered Mendel's data accuracy.