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Father of Genetics . Gregor Mendel, through his

work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental

laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come

in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one

from each parent.Father of Genetics . Gregor Mendel, through his

work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental

laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come

in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one

from each parent. Mendel worked with seven characteristics of

pea plants: plant height, pod shape and color,

seed shape and color, and flower position and

color. With seed color, he showed that when a

yellow pea and a green pea were bred together

their offspring plant was always yellow.

However, in the next generation of plants, the

green peas reappeared at a ratio of 1:3. To

explain this phenomenon, Mendel coined the

terms “recessive” and “ dominant ” in reference

to certain traits. (In the preceding example,

green peas are recessive and yellow peas are

dominant.) He published his work in 1866,

demonstrating the actions of invisible “factors”—

now called genes—in providing for visible traits

in predictable ways.

The profound significance of Mendel’s work was

not recognized until the turn of the 20th century

(more than three decades later) with the

independent rediscovery of these laws. [5] Erich

von Tschermak, Hugo de Vries , Carl Correns,

and William Jasper Spillman independently

verified several of Mendel’s experimental

findings, ushering in the modern age of

genetics.Father of Genetics . Gregor Mendel, through his

work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental

laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come

in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one

from each parent.Father of Genetics . Gregor Mendel, through his

work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental

laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come

in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one

from each parent. Mendel worked with seven characteristics of

pea plants: plant height, pod shape and color,

seed shape and color, and flower position and

color. With seed color, he showed that when a

yellow pea and a green pea were bred together

their offspring plant was always yellow.

However, in the next generation of plants, the

green peas reappeared at a ratio of 1:3. To

explain this phenomenon, Mendel coined the

terms “recessive” and “ dominant ” in reference

to certain traits. (In the preceding example,

green peas are recessive and yellow peas are

dominant.) He published his work in 1866,

demonstrating the actions of invisible “factors”—

now called genes—in providing for visible traits

in predictable ways.

The profound significance of Mendel’s work was

not recognized until the turn of the 20th century

(more than three decades later) with the

independent rediscovery of these laws. [5] Erich

von Tschermak, Hugo de Vries , Carl Correns,

and William Jasper Spillman independently

verified several of Mendel’s experimental

findings, ushering in the modern age of

genetics. When Mendel entered the Faculty of Philosophy,

the Department of Natural History and

Agriculture was headed by Johann Karl Nestler

who conducted extensive research of hereditary

traits of plants and animals, especially sheep.

Upon recommendation of his physics teacherFather of Genetics . Gregor Mendel, through his

work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental

laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come

in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one

from each parent.Father of Genetics . Gregor Mendel, through his

work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental

laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come

in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one

from each parent. Mendel worked with seven characteristics of

pea plants: plant height, pod shape and color,

seed shape and color, and flower position and

color. With seed color, he showed that when a

yellow pea and a green pea were bred together

their offspring plant was always yellow.

However, in the next generation of plants, the

green peas reappeared at a ratio of 1:3. To

explain this phenomenon, Mendel coined the

terms “recessive” and “ dominant ” in reference

to certain traits. (In the preceding example,

green peas are recessive and yellow peas are

dominant.) He published his work in 1866,

demonstrating the actions of invisible “factors”—

now called genes—in providing for visible traits

in predictable ways.

The profound significance of Mendel’s work was

not recognized until the turn of the 20th century

(more than three decades later) with the

independent rediscovery of these laws. [5] Erich

von Tschermak, Hugo de Vries , Carl Correns,

and William Jasper Spillman independently

verified several of Mendel’s experimental

findings, ushering in the modern age of

genetics.Father of Genetics . Gregor Mendel, through his

work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental

laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come

in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one

from each parent.Father of Genetics . Gregor Mendel, through his

work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental

laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come

in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one

from each parent. Mendel worked with seven characteristics of

pea plants: plant height, pod shape and color,

seed shape and color, and flower position and

color. With seed color, he showed that when a

yellow pea and a green pea were bred together

their offspring plant was always yellow.

However, in the next generation of plants, the

green peas reappeared at a ratio of 1:3. To

explain this phenomenon, Mendel coined the

terms “recessive” and “ dominant ” in reference

to certain traits. (In the preceding example,

green peas are recessive and yellow peas are

dominant.) He published his work in 1866,

demonstrating the actions of invisible “factors”—

now called genes—in providing for visible traits

in predictable ways.

The profound significance of Mendel’s work was

not recognized until the turn of the 20th century

(more than three decades later) with the

independent rediscovery of these laws. [5] Erich

von Tschermak, Hugo de Vries , Carl Correns,

and William Jasper Spillman independently

verified several of Mendel’s experimental

findings, ushering in the modern age of

genetics. When Mendel entered the Faculty of Philosophy,

the Department of Natural History and

Agriculture was headed by Johann Karl Nestler

who conducted extensive research of hereditary

traits of plants and animals, especially sheep.

Upon recommendation of his physics teacher he studied practical and theoretical

philosophy and physics at the Philosophical

Institute of the University of Olomouc , taking

another year off because of illness. He also

struggled financially to pay for his studies, and

Theresia gave him her dowry. Later he helped

support her three sons, two of whom became

doctors.

He became a friar because it enabled him to

obtain an education without having to pay for it

himself.