There is a lot of variation in the measurements of one experiment ... in one cross, these traits behaved as though they had segregated independently. From these data, Mendel developed the third ...

The Father of Genetics. Like many great artists, the work of Gregor Mendel was not appreciated until after his death. He is now called the "Father of Genetics," but he was remembered as a gentle ...

The patient monk carefully bred and cross-bred pea plants to see how ... But no one at the time understood the implications of Mendel's experiments. He soon left biology to focus on running ...

His most famous experiments were done between 1857 ... and female sex cells and usually fertilise themselves. Mendel was able to cross-breed the plants by transferring pollen with a paintbrush.