Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian friar and botanist in Brunn who was the first to lay the mathematical foundation of the science of genetics, through his experiments cross-breeding garden pea plants.
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Death PlaceBrünn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czech Republic) 1 Notable Workpea-hybridization experiments with Pisum sativum 1 BirthplaceHeinzendorf, Silesia, Austrian Empire (now Hynčice, Czech Republic) 1 Connections
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Founded
Mendel's 1865 to 1866 pea experiments are the field's intellectual origin, though the name genetics itself was coined later, by William Bateson in 1905, the year recorded elsewhere as when the field was founded.
Source Wikipedia: Genetics
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1. Gregor Mendel (Britannica)
Encyclopaedia BritannicaQuick Facts sidebar, Born field
Born: July 20, 1822, Heinzendorf, Silesia, Austrian Empire [now Hynčice, Czech Republic]
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Died: January 6, 1884, Brünn, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic] (aged 61)
FAQ answer, Who was Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel was an Austrian scientist, teacher, and Augustinian prelate who lived in the 1800s.
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Mendel chose to conduct his studies with the edible pea (Pisum sativum) because of the numerous distinct varieties, the ease of culture and control of pollination, and the high proportion of successful seed germinations.
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- Conducted: Mendel's Pea Plant Experiments
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Mendelian Inheritance (Wikipedia)
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Between 1856 and 1863, Mendel cultivated and tested some 28,000 pea plants. From these experiments, he induced two generalizations which later became known as Mendel's Principles of Heredity.
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