What did gregor medel call chromosomes?

Answer 1

Mendel did physical studies of the characteristics of pea plants...at about the same time as chromosomes were identified by in 1842 but the word chromosome was coined later. The chromosome's relation to inheritance was only realized by the mid 1880s...and most of the terminology used...did not not come along until the late 1800s to early 1910s.

Mendel was doing statistical analyses of plant inheritence and may well have

been made aware of the biological mechanisms long after his studies were

complete...if at all.

Answer 2

Gregor Mendel referred to chromosomes as "factors" in his studies of inheritance in pea plants, as he did not have knowledge of chromosomes at the time. It was not until later, with the discovery of chromosomes and their role in heredity, that scientists made the connection between Mendel's factors and chromosomes.