Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822 – January 6, 1884) was a Czech-German Augustinian friar and scientist, who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the new science of genetics for his study of the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants. Mendel showed that the inheritance of these traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him. The significance of Mendel’s work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century. The independent rediscovery of these laws formed the foundation of the modern science of genetics.

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Deparment Of Botany
Preapared by
Dr. P. B.Cholke
(Assistant Professor in Botany)
Pune District Education Association’s
Anantrao Pawar College ,Pirangut,
Tal-Mulshi, Dist-Pune- 412115

2. Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822 –
January 6, 1884) was a Czech-German
Augustinian friar and scientist, who
gained posthumous fame as the
founder of the new science of genetics
for his study of the inheritance of
certain traits in pea plants. Mendel
showed that the inheritance of these
traits follows particular laws, which
were later named after him. The
significance of Mendel’s work was not
recognized until the turn of the 20th
century. The independent rediscovery
of these laws formed the foundation of
the modern science of genetics.

11. If the two factors are identical, the individual is
called homozygous for the trait. If the two
factors have different information, the
individual is called heterozygous. The
alternative forms of a factor are called alleles.