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  2. 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.

  3. Mendel, known as the "father of modern genetics", chose to study variation in plants in his monastery's 2 hectares (4.9 acres) experimental garden. Mendel was assisted in his experimental design by Aleksander Zawadzki while his superior abbot Napp wrote to discourage him, saying that the Bishop giggled when informed of the detailed genealogies ...

  4. Jul 20, 1998 · He experimented on garden pea hybrids while living at a monastery and is known as the father of modern genetics. Why is Gregor Mendel famous? 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 .

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  5. The discoverer of genetics was Gregor Mendel, a late 19th-century scientist and Augustinian friar. Mendel studied "trait inheritance", patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring. He observed that organisms (most famously pea plants) inherit traits by way of discrete "units of inheritance".

  6. Aug 17, 2019 · 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. Fast Facts: Gregor Mendel.

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  7. Gregor Mendel. Gregor Mendel's work in pea led to our understanding of the foundational principles of inheritance. The Father of Genetics. Like many great artists, the work of Gregor...

  8. By experimenting with pea plant breeding, Mendel developed three principles of inheritance that described the transmission of genetic traits, before anyone knew genes existed. Mendel's insight...