The difference between Mendel's experiments in the area of heredity and those done by earlier researchers was that?

Answer 1

Gregor Johann Mendel is often called as Father of modern Genetics.Before him,many scientists roughly used to study about inheritance.But Mendel strictly considered all the phenotypic and genotypic characters about the plants.For example when he was studying on pea plant(Pisum sativum),he considered all the external characters such as shape,colour..etc.Hence he was more particular than earlier scientists.

Answer 2

Mendel's experiments involved the systematic study of specific traits in pea plants using large sample sizes and precise control over the mating process, leading to the discovery of fundamental principles of inheritance like segregation and independent assortment. Earlier researchers mostly focused on observing inheritance patterns without controlled experiments or quantitative analysis, often leading to inconsistent or inconclusive results. Mendel's work laid the foundation for modern genetics by introducing experimental methodology and quantitative analysis to the study of heredity.

Answer 3

Mendel used a mathematical approach and counted the number of kinds of offspring in each generation of pea-plant.

Answer 4

Mendel expressed his findings in terms of numbers

Answer 5

Mendel expressed the results of his experiments in terms of numbers