#TBT: Today we take a look back at #GregorJohannMendel, the Augustinian monk and scientist, who is now recognized as the founder of modern #genetics. #GregorMendel spent much of his time-between 1856 and 1863-#crossbreeding pea plants and from his experiments devising the rules of #heredity. Contemporary students of #biology and genetics learn these rules as the laws of #MendelianInheritance. #Mendel coined the terms #recessive and #dominant in reference to various traits that were either displayed or not in successive generations. Mendel called such traits invisible "factors." We know them today as #genes. #throwbackthursday #botany #PunnettSquare #monohybrid #dihybrid #biophiles
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