Mendel & Heredity

• Gregor Mendel - He is an Augustinian monk. He is also referred to as the "Father of Genetics"
• Gregor Mendel - Biologist, Mathematician, Meteorologist. He was born on July 20, 1822.
• Mendel's Pea Plant Experiment was conducted between 1856 to 1863.
• Genetics - Study of Heredity; how traits are passed from parents to offspring.
• Heredity - The passing of physical characteristics genetically from one person to another. This is what we call inheritance or biological inheritance.
• Inheritance traits are controlled by genes.
• Genes - The basic unit of heredity. They are made up of sequences of DNA and are arranged, one after the other at specific locations on chromosomes in the nucleus of cells.
• DNA - Deoxyribonucleic Acid