Labels:book | bulletin board | person | tie | tribute album OCR: GREGOR MENDEL (1822 84) HE INVESTIGA ITIONS of the Austrian biologist and botanist Gregor Mendel into how plants acquire their characteristics laid the Foundations for modern genetics He spent many years studying pea plants in the garden ofthe monastery where he was monk He wanted to find out how particular qualities are inherited when plants are cross- fertilized. In his law segregat tion and the law of independent assortmen he formul lated his theory that parental characteristics are separate and passed on Barely acknowledged during his lifetime Mendel's work was rediscovered in 1900 and his laws were recognized LFE ALSO STORY INVESTIGATIONS segregation assortment formulated OLSO
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