However, the Brussels sprouts are not so happy in the shadow of the pea plants.

And they could give the pea plants some twigs to climb up.

Mendel's laws helped explain the results he observed in his pea plants.

Most kids wouldn't know a pea plant if they met one.

Between 1856 and 1863, he cultivated and tested some 29,000 pea plants.

Much like picking the leaves for tea, the farmers pick the tips off of the pea plant.

He ended up growing and examining about 28,000 pea plants in the course of his experiments.

What they needed was the animal equivalent of his pea plants.

The result of years spent studying genetic traits in pea plants.

Mendel's laws explained the results he got with his pea plants.