NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

EMBRYOLOGY

CHROMOSOMES AND CELL DIVISIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is considered the “Father of Genetics?”
A
James Watson
B
Francis Crick
C
Gregor Mendel
D
Albert Einstein
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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 Mendel was not appreciated until after his death.

Detailed explanation-2: -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 tracked the segregation of parental genes and their appearance in the offspring as dominant or recessive traits.

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