Gen Bio 2 - GREGOR MENDEL FATHER OF MODERN GENETICS

Where did he was born

Heinzendorf bei Odrau, which is now Hyncice in the Czech Republic.

Gregor Mendel was born in

Austria Heinzendorf 1822

What is Gregor Mendel

Monk, botanist & teacher

What did Mendel discovered

Basic principles of heredity

Where

Monastery's Garden

What did his experiments showed

Inheritance of certain traits in pea plants follows particular patterns, foundation of modern genetics and leading to the study of heredity

When did Gregor born

July 20, 1822

Who are his parents

Anton and Rosine Mendel ( farmers )

What is he interested at

Physics , theories of evolution, botany and natural sciences

What did he considered himself

Experimental physicist

When did Gregor died

January 6, 1884 ( kidney failure )

What did he introduced

introduced the idea of 'dominant' and 'recessive' genes

Mendel's Laws of Heredity'

When did his results publishes

1865

When did the people understand the results

By the early 1900s, people started to understand his results and findings more.

The law of segregation

Each inherited trait has its own gene pair. These pairs are taken from both parents, and offspring get one gene from each parent.

The Law of Independent Assortment

Genes inherited for each trait are all separate - so the inheritance of one trait does not affect any of the others.

The Law of Dominance

The trait or characteristic that the offspring will express will come from whichever gene in the pair is dominant.

Why pea plants?

• grow quickly • self-polination • ez recognized characteristics height, color, & shape

• develop seeds with the same traits, produce enough offspring for study