Mendel's paper explaining his experiment was originally written in German. MendelWeb has both the German and English versions posted on the WWW.

Go to the English version of Mendel's paper.

Read the first three sections to answer the following questions:

1. How long did Mendel run the experiment?
    
2. Why did Mendel think members of the family Leguminosae would be best for the experiment?
    
3. What is the scientific name (genus and species) of the plant Mendel used?
    
4. What seven characteristics in Mendel's plants were chosen for comparison during his experiment?

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