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, …

Jul 20, 1998 · Gregor Mendel, 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.

Apr 23, 2025 · 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 set himself the very ambitious task of discovering the laws of heredity. To achieve this, he embarked on a mammoth sized, highly systematic, eight year study of edible peas, individually …

2 days ago · 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, …

Aug 20, 2024 · Often referred to as the “Father of Modern Genetics,” Mendel discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance by observing how traits were passed from one generation to …

Aug 3, 2023 · Mendel believed that heredity is the result of discrete units of inheritance, and every single unit (or gene) was independent in its actions in an individual’s genome. According to …

He proposed the existence of material hereditary elements (now called genes) that undergo segregation and independent assortment. Overshadowing the creative brilliance of Mendel's …

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 …

Jul 3, 2025 · Gregor Mendel, an Augustinian friar, is widely recognized as the father of modern genetics.