Who discovered the basic rules of genetics?
Q: Who discovered the basic rules of genetics?
A: The basic rules of genetics were first discovered by a monk named Gregor Mendel in the 1850s.
Q: When was Mendel's work published?
A: Mendel's work was published in 1866.
Q: What plants did Mendel use for his experiments?
A: For his experiments, Mendel studied how traits were passed on in pea plants.
Q: How did Mendel design his experiments?
A: Mendel designed his experiments very carefully. He started his crosses with plants that bred true, and counted characters that were either/or in nature (either tall or short). He bred large numbers of plants, and expressed his results numerically. He used test crosses to reveal the presence and proportion of recessive characters.
Q: How long had people been noticing how traits are inherited from parents to their children before Mendel's work?
A: People had been noticing how traits are inherited from parents to their children for thousands of years before Mendel's work.
