Reasons for Mendel’s success:
1. Mendel planned his experiments carefully and these experiments consisted of large sample.
2. He always recorded the results of number of plants of each type and their ratios.
3. The contrasting characters that he chose were easily recognizable.
4. The seven pairs of contrasting characters that he selected were under control of a single factor each. They were present on separate chromosomes and were transmitted from one generation to the next.
5. Mendel studied and introduced concept of dominance and recessiveness.
