Gregor Johann Mendel OSA (/ ˈmɛndəl /; German: [ˈmɛndl̩]; Czech: Řehoř Jan Mendel; [3] 20 July 1822 [4] – 6 January 1884) was an Austrian [5][6] biologist, meteorologist, [7] mathematician, Augustinian …

Jul 20, 1998 · Through his careful breeding of garden peas, Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity and laid the mathematical foundation of the science of genetics.

By experimenting with pea plant breeding, Gregor Mendel developed three principles of inheritance that described the transmission of genetic traits before anyone knew exactly what genes were.

Apr 23, 2025 · Gregor Mendel, born in Austria in 1822, is known as the 'father of modern genetics' for his foundational work on hereditary principles through pea plant experiments.

2 days ago · In his monastery garden, Mendel performed thousands of crosses with pea plants, discovering how characteristics are passed down from one generation to the next — namely, …

The life and work of Gregor Mendel has some surprising pieces. Known as the father of genetics, his work was mostly unnoticed for 30 years after he published his famous paper.

Jul 3, 2025 · Gregor Mendel, an Augustinian friar, is widely recognized as the father of modern genetics.

He proposed the existence of material hereditary elements (now called genes) that undergo segregation and independent assortment. Overshadowing the creative brilliance of Mendel's work is the fact that …

Mendelian inheritance (also known as Mendelism) is a type of biological inheritance following the principles originally proposed by Gregor Mendel in 1865 and 1866, re-discovered in 1900 by Hugo …

Dec 1, 2025 · Mendel’s methodology established a prototype for genetics that is still used today for gene discovery and understanding the genetic properties of inheritance.