What are some of mendel's experimental procedures and how did they contribute to his success as a geneticist?

Mendel's was sucessful geneticist becasue of the following reasons 

1) he worked on pisum sativum which is bisexual 

2) short duration of life cylce 

3) its an annual plant

4) he was also having gud knowleged of statics

during the process of dna replication, brdu can replace thymidine and incorporate into the newly synthesized dna, cell proliferation thus can be reflected in the extent of brdu incorporation.