ESSAY: GREGOR MENDEL

Write a 500 word essay about Gregor Mendel.
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Gregor Mendel was an Austrian monk and is considered the father of genetics. Many historians have described Gregor Mendel as an obscure monk who stumbled onto the nature of hereditary mechanisms while tending his garden between morning and evening prayers. However, he was clearly an alert and practical scientist who entered the monastery as part of his academic training as well as in response to his religious convictions. During life prior to joining the monastery, Mendel exhibited an active interest in crop improvements as demonstrated by the many awards he received for developing new varieties of fruit and vegetables. Also, he established thirty-four "pure" strains of peas in his garden in preparation for hybridization experiments. In 1865 he published the results of his seven years of study on cross-breeding of his garden peas.

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