Characters studied by Mendel

Characters studied by Mendel

The characteristics of an organism are described as characters or traits. Traits studied by Mendel were clear cut and discrete. Such clear-cut, discrete characteristics are known as Mendelian characters. Mendel studied seven characters/traits (all having two variants) and these are:

Characters	Dominant	Recessive
Stem length	Tall	Dwarf
Flower position	Axial	Terminal
Flower colour	Violet	White
Pod shape	Inflated	Constricted
Pod colour	Green	Yellow
Cotyledon colour	Yellow	Green
Seed form	Round	Wrinkled