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Scientific Observation — Definition & Examples

By Valeri Natole
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Gregor Mendel is famous for his studies on inheritance in pea plants. Below is a chart of some of the characteristics he looked at in his pea plants:

Mendels observations in the shape, and color of the seeds, flowers, and pods of a pea plant.

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In order to figure out how patterns of inheritance worked, Mendel counted plants with each trait in each generation. The number of plants with a certain trait was an important observation in Mendel's experiments.

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