home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1998 / Epic Interactive Encyclopedia, The - 1998 Edition (1998)(Epic Marketing).iso / M / Mendelism / INFOTEXT < prev   
Text File  |  1992-09-03  |  265b  |  8 lines
  1. In genetics, the theory of inheritance
  2. originally outlined by Gregor Mendel. He
  3. suggested that, in sexually reproducing
  4. species, all characteristics are inherited
  5. through indivisible `factors' (now identifed
  6. with genes) contributed by each parent to its
  7. offspring.
  8.