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Mendelian Inheritance

Genetics

Mendelian inheritance is a type of biological inheritance following the principles proposed by Gregor Mendel, describing how traits are passed from parent organisms to their offspring through discrete units called genes.

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Proposed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1866 1
Proposed BySourced to the subject's own account
Gregor Mendel 1
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Additional Source Mendelian Inheritance (Wikipedia)History section (edge: proposed-by, Mendel)
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1. Mendelian Inheritance (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Mendelian inheritance is a type of biological inheritance that follows the principles originally proposed by Gregor Mendel describing how certain characteristics are transmitted from parent organisms to their offspring.
  • Lead section (proposed-year)
    Gregor Mendel published his findings on pea plant hybridization in 1866, after presenting them in 1865.
  • Lead section (proposed-by)
    Gregor Mendel published his findings on pea plant hybridization in 1866, after presenting them in 1865.
  • Proposed By: Gregor Mendel, History section (edge: proposed-by, Mendel)
    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.
  • Belongs To: Genetics, Lead paragraph
    Mendelian inheritance (also known as Mendelism) is a type of biological inheritance following the principles originally proposed by Gregor Mendel in 1865 and 1866, re-discovered in 1900 by Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns, and later popularized by William Bateson.
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