Mendel on patterns of inheritance

Review Ch. 3 of Bioinquiry.
Post a 300- to 500-word response to the following:
 

• How did Mendel’s approach
  to answering scientific questions differ from that of his contemporaries?
• How did his novel
  approach contribute to his success in describing how traits are inherited?
• What advantages did he
  enjoy by choosing to study the garden pea?
• Piecing It Together on p.
  78 of the text describes the six major concluding principles Mendel
  hypothesized from his work. Describe three of them.