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Experiments in Plant Hybridisation

Gregor Mendel
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Experiments in Plant Hybridisation

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1965

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Gregor Mendel

Experiments in Plant Hybridisation

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1965
Book Details
Pages

49

Format

Book • Nonfiction

Genre
Classic Fiction
Setting

Brno, Czech Republic • 1860s

Topic
Science & Nature

World History
Publication Year

1965

Audience

Adult

Recommended Reading Age

18+ years

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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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Book Details
Pages

49

Format

Book • Nonfiction

Genre
Classic Fiction
Setting

Brno, Czech Republic • 1860s

Topic
Science & Nature

World History
Publication Year

1965

Audience

Adult

Recommended Reading Age

18+ years

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