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- Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
How To Use Gregor Mendel In A Sentence
- So, thousands of years before Gregor Mendel postulated his theories on genetics and heredity, indigenous Americans were breeding corn to select for desirable traits.
- An Austrian monk, Gregor Mendel, introduced the world to hereditary factors - genes - that determine all hereditary traits.