Mendel's experiments with garden peas differed from those of other plant hybridizers of the time in that:
A)Mendel studied true-breeding strains instead of poorly defined material.
B)Mendel focused on a small number of easily contrasted traits instead of a large number of more complex traits.
C)Mendel quantified his results and looked for statistical patterns instead of simply noting the presence or absence of a trait among a group of offspring.
D)Mendel performed no crosses between strains, whereas other hybridizers did.
E)Mendel studied true-breeding strains, focused on a small number of easily contrasted traits, and quantified results.

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Mendel's experiments differed from other plant hybridizers of the time in that he studied true-breeding strains, focused on a small number of easily contrasted traits, and quantified his results. This allowed Mendel to establish the principles of inheritance, namely that traits are passed down in a predictable manner and that the presence of a dominant trait can mask the expression of a recessive trait. Other hybridizers of the time did not use such precise methods and were not able to make the same groundbreaking discoveries as Mendel.

Mendel's Experiments with Garden Peas Differed from Those of Other