What hereditary factors were described by Mendel?

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Sep 7, 2016

Mendel's factors are now called the genes. Mendel studied contrasting traits of seven hereditary factors. The contrasting traits are controlled by alternative alleles of same genes.

Explanation:

The seven characters controlled by Mendel's factors were:
Plant height- tall/dwarf
Flower colour- violet/white
Flower position- axial/terminal
Pod shape- inflated/constricted
Pod colour- green/yellow
Seed shape- round/wrinkled
Seed colour- yellow/green.