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.

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.

5 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, …

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.

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

Mendel set himself the very ambitious task of discovering the laws of heredity. To achieve this, he embarked on a mammoth sized, highly systematic, eight year study of edible peas, individually and …