BIOL 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pea, University Of Vienna, Pisum
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Heredity: heredity the study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring, genetics the study of heredity. * gregor mendel"s experiments with garden peas debunked all these theories! Gregor mendal was named the father of genetics": grew up in austria in 1800s, experienced grafting trees (this taught him the importance of precision and detail. Joined augustinian monastery in 1843: attended vienna university from 1951 1953, going there influenced him to use mathematics in his research, became a teacher when he returned to monastery. In his spare time he began breeding pea plants in the garden (which is what led him to heredity) Purpose of mendel"s research: attempted to determine how traits were inherited from parents offspring, published experiments on plant hybrids in 1866 (not discovered until 34 years later) The garden pea: scientific name: pisum sativum, mendel used the garden pea plant for, simple structure, distinctive traits are present, produce through self-fertilization & cross-fertilization (very quickly)
