Gregor Mendel Discovered the Basic Principles of Heredity

Learn about Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics, and the 7 pea plant characteristics that he examined to study the inheritance of traits.

Topics

  • characteristic
  • controlled mating
  • cultivation
  • father of genetics
  • flower color
  • flower position
  • generation time
  • genes
  • genetics
  • genome
  • Gregor Mendel
  • heredity
  • inheritance
  • Mendel
  • model organism
  • offspring
  • pea plant
  • pea
  • Pisum sativum
  • progeny
  • pod color
  • pod shape
  • pure-breeding
  • seed color
  • seed shape
  • stem length
  • trait
  • true-breeding