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Biography of Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk and scientist, is celebrated as the father of modern genetics. Born in 1822 in a small village in Austria, Mendel’s meticulous experiments with pea plants revealed the fundamental principles of inheritance. This biography explores his groundbreaking work on dominant and recessive traits, which remained largely unrecognized during his lifetime but became the foundation of modern biology decades later. Mendel’s dedication to observation and analysis revolutionized our understanding of heredity, paving the way for advances in medicine, agriculture, and evolutionary biology. The book also delves into his life as a humble monk, his struggles for recognition, and the enduring impact of his discoveries, which continue to shape genetic research today.

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The Science Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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Se je Evropa rodila v srednjem veku?
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3.89 avg rating — 457 ratings — published 2003 — 42 editions

Experiments in Plant Hybridisation
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4.01 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1865 — 71 editions

Mendel's Principles of Heredity (Dover Books on Biology)
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Le leggi dell'ereditarietà
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Amazing Scientists: B1
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Genetics and Eugenics: a text-book for students of biology and a reference book for animal and plant breeders
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Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden
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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 018
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Experimentos sobre hibridos en las plantas
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Experiments in plant-hybridisation
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“Collector’s Edition” Genetics and Eugenics: A Text-book for Students of Biology and a Reference ... 1916 [Premium Leather Bound]
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Mendel's Principles of Heredity : a Defence (1902) [Leather Bound]
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Mendel's principles of heredity: A defence: Exploring the Origins of Genetic Science and Evolutionary Theory
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Fundamenta genetica: The revised edition of Mendelś classic paper with a collection of 27 original papers published during the rediscovery era
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Gregor Mendel

Austrian friar and scientist (1822–1884)

Gregor Johann MendelOSA (; Czech: Řehoř Jan Mendel; 20 July 1822 – 6 January 1884) was an Austrian biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinianfriar and abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey in Brno (Brünn), Margraviate of Moravia. Mendel was born in a German-speaking family in the Silesian part of the Austrian Empire (today's Czech Republic) and gained posthumous recognition as the founder of the modern science of genetics. Though farmers had known for millennia that crossbreeding of animals and plants could favor certain desirable traits, Mendel's pea plant experiments conducted between 1856 and 1863 established many of the rules of heredity, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance.

Mendel worked with seven characteristics of pea plants: plant height, pod shape and color, seed shape and color, and flower position and color. Taking seed color as an example, Mendel showed that when a true-breeding yellow pea and a true-breeding green pea were cross-bred, their offspring always produced yellow seeds. However, in the next generation, the green peas reappeared at a ratio of 1 green to 3 yellow. To explain this phenomenon, Mendel coined the terms "recessive" and "dominant" in reference to certain traits. In the preceding example, the green trait, which seems to have vanished in the first filial generation, is recessive, and the yellow is dominant. He published his work in 1866, demonstrating the actions of invisible "factors"—now called genes—in predictably determining the traits of an organism.

The profound significance of Mendel's work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century (more than three decades later) with the rediscovery of his laws. Erich von Tschermak, Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns independently verified several of Mendel's experimental findings in 1900, ushering in the modern

Gregor Mendel: The First Geneticist

Gregor Mendel: The First Geneticist presents a lively, authoritative introduction to the man who discovered the laws of heredity and pioneered the study of genetics. Written by world-renowned Mendel scholar Vitezslav Orel, the book brilliantly traces Mendel's intellectual development, focusing in particular on his 1865 plant crossing experiments that revolutionized modern science. Throughout, Orel considers Mendel's contributions and personality in the unique social context in which he flourished. He also offers fascinating accounts of Mendel's fight for recognition, and the subsequent misuse of his theories by the Soviets and Nazis. Gregor Mendel offers the definitive systematic account of the great scientist's life and work. It will be enjoyed by interested general readers as well as students and researchers in biology and science history.

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