Why was Gregor Mendel significant?

Answer 1

The year was 1851. Gregor Mendel, a young priest from a monastery in Central Europe, entered the University of Vienna to study mathematics and science. Two years later, Mendel returned to the monastery and began teaching at a nearby high school.

Mendel also cared for the monastery's garden, where he grew hundreds of pea plants. He became curious about why some of the plants had different physical characteristics, or traits. Some pea plants grew tall while others were short. Some plants produced green seeds, while others had yellow seeds.

Mendel observed that the pea plants' traits were often similar to those of their parents. Sometimes, however, the pea plants had different traits than their parents. The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called heredity. For more than ten years, Mendel experimented with thousands of pea plants to understand the process of heredity. Mendel's work formed the foundation of genetics, the scientific study of heredity.

Answer 2

By discovering the laws of inheritance, tracking and categorizing genes as dominant or recessive based on his pea plant studies, Gregor Mendel opened the door to the discovery of DNA and todayâ??s Genome research. Not appreciated in his own time, it was not until after the start of the 20th century that the importance of his work was understood.

Answer 3

Gregor Mande is also know as the father of genetics. He is from Czech Republic, he is also a priest and a scientist which is a unique combination at that time. He conducted an experiment with pea plants and figured out about dominant and resessive genes

Answer 4

He discovered how traits are inherited through pea plants.

Answer 5

He is known as the father of genetics and basically created the foundation of genetics.