Mendelian Genetics : Biology Blog
Mendelian Genetics Genetics is the branch of biology dealing in inheritance and variation of characters generation to generation. Gregor Johann Mendel -" The Father Of genetics "was born in 1822 in Heinzendorf, which was a part of Czechoslovakia. He was the inventor of Mendel's law, a naturalist, a priest who began his genetic experiments on garden pea in 1856 in the garden at the monastery. Selection of pea plant: There are some reasons for choosing garden pea (Pisum sativum) for experiments by Mendel like – Pea has many separate contrasting characters. The life span of the pea plant is very short. Flowers show self-pollination. It is easy to artificially cross-pollinate the pea flowers, therefore, the hybrids produced were fertile. Mendel’s Experiments Gregor Johann ...