Experiments in Plant Hybridisation
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Book • Nonfiction
Brno, Czech Republic • 1860s
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World History1965
Adult
18+ years
In Experiments in Plant Hybridisation, Gregor Mendel conducts experiments on pea plants to understand inheritance. Focusing on traits like color and shape, he formulates principles of genetic inheritance. Mendel's work lays the groundwork for modern genetics, illustrating how traits are passed from one generation to the next through discrete hereditary units, later known as genes.
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Experiments in Plant Hybridisation was originally presented as a lecture to the Natural History Society of Brno in 1865 before being published in their official proceedings a year later.
Gregor Mendel conducted his groundbreaking experiments on plant hybridization using pea plants, which provided clear and contrasting characteristics for analyzing inheritance patterns in a systematic way.
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The rediscovery of Mendel's work around 1900 by several scientists helped establish the foundational principles of genetics, despite the fact that it was largely overlooked during his lifetime.
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49
Book • Nonfiction
Brno, Czech Republic • 1860s
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World History1965
Adult
18+ years
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