Why Did Mendel Analyze Thousands of Plants While Conducting His

Multiple Choice

Why did Mendel analyze thousands of plants while conducting his research?

A) To allow him to control the environment of his pea plants.
B) The likelihood of seeing a clear pattern is higher with a larger data set.
C) Mendel knew that chromosomes undergo recombination during meiosis.
D) To eliminate the probability of mutations affecting his data.