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Mendel was born in a German-speaking family in the Silesian part of the Austrian Empire (today's Czech Republic) and gained posthumous recognition as the founder of the modern science of genetics.
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Gregor Johann Mendel (Heinzendorf, Austria, 20 July 1822 –...
- Experiments on Plant Hybridization
"Experiments on Plant Hybridization" (German: "Versuche über...
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Hugo Marie de Vries (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦyɣoː də ˈvris])...
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The Augustinian Abbey of St Thomas, Brno Abbey church of the...
- Mendelian inheritance
Mendelian inheritance (also known as Mendelism) is a type of...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Gregor Mendel, known as the "father of modern genetics," was born in Austria in 1822. A monk, Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments in his monastery's garden.
Jul 20, 1998 · Gregor Mendel (born July 20, 1822, Heinzendorf, Silesia, Austrian Empire [now Hynčice, Czech Republic]—died January 6, 1884, Brünn, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]) was a botanist, teacher, and Augustinian prelate, the first person to lay the mathematical foundation of the science of genetics, in what came to be called Mendelism.
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Aug 17, 2019 · Hulton Archive / Getty Images. By. Heather Scoville. Updated on August 17, 2019. Gregor Mendel (July 20, 1822 - January 6, 1884), known as the Father of Genetics, is most well-known for his work with breeding and cultivating pea plants, using them to gather data about dominant and recessive genes.
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Jun 11, 2018 · The Moravian natural scientist and Augustinian abbot Johann Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) laid the foundations of modern genetics with his paper dealing with the hybridization of peas. Gregor Mendel was born on July 22, 1822, at Hynčice, Czechoslovakia (then Heinzendorf, Austrian Silesia).
He was born on July 22, 1822, to a poor farming family who lived in a village in Northern Moravia, which is now part of the Czech Republic. His family valued education but had little resources...
