- Gregor Mendel - Wikipedia
Gregor Johann Mendel OSA ( ˈmɛndəl ; German: [ˈmɛndl̩]; Czech: Řehoř Jan Mendel; [3] 20 July 1822 [4] – 6 January 1884) was an Austrian [5][6] biologist, meteorologist, [7] mathematician, Augustinian friar and abbot of St Thomas' Abbey in Brno (Brünn), Margraviate of Moravia
- Gregor Mendel | Biography, Experiments, Facts | Britannica
Through his careful breeding of garden peas, Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity and laid the mathematical foundation of the science of genetics
- Gregor Mendel and the Principles of Inheritance - Nature
By experimenting with pea plant breeding, Gregor Mendel developed three principles of inheritance that described the transmission of genetic traits before anyone knew exactly what genes were
- Gregor Mendel Father of Modern Genetics - Biography, Children
Gregor Mendel, born in Austria in 1822, is known as the 'father of modern genetics' for his foundational work on hereditary principles through pea plant experiments
- Mendel, Johann (Gregor)
In his monastery garden, Mendel performed thousands of crosses with pea plants, discovering how characteristics are passed down from one generation to the next — namely, dominant and recessive traits Mendel’s early experiments provided the basis of modern genetics
- Gregor Mendel | Ask A Biologist
The life and work of Gregor Mendel has some surprising pieces Known as the father of genetics, his work was mostly unnoticed for 30 years after he published his famous paper
- Gregor Mendel | Hartl Laboratory
He proposed the existence of material hereditary elements (now called genes) that undergo segregation and independent assortment Overshadowing the creative brilliance of Mendel's work is the fact that it was virtually ignored for 34 years
- Mendel and his peas (article) | Khan Academy
Mendel studied the inheritance of seven different features in peas, including height, flower color, seed color, and seed shape To do so, he first established pea lines with two different forms of a feature, such as tall vs short height
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