GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
GENETIC BASIS OF INHERITANCE
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Father of Genetics
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Father of Heredity
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Father of Pea Plants
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Father of the Punnett Square
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Detailed explanation-1: -Like many great artists, the work of Gregor Mendel was not appreciated until after his death. He is now called the “Father of Genetics, ” but he was remembered as a gentle man who loved flowers and kept extensive records of weather and stars when he died.
Detailed explanation-2: -Known for his pea plant experiments, Mendel is now regarded as the ‘father of genetics’ because he worked out so much about how traits are passed from one generation to the next, despite living long before anyone had heard of DNA, chromosomes or genes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Because breeding and studying those pea plants led Mendel to discover the fundamental laws of inheritance, earning him wide recognition as the father of modern genetics.