jan 1, 1822 - Gregor Mendel
Description:
- Father of modern genetics- Born in Austria in 1822
- Made a breakthrough discovery of genes and alleles by observing the traits of pea plants
- Created the fundamental laws of inheritance, which are the law of independent assortment, law of dominance, and law of segregation
- His work lead to the study of heredity, the passing of genes onto offspring.
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Date:
jan 1, 1822
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~ 203 years ago