Mendel Basic Principles of Inheritance

Gregor Mendel-“Father of Genetics”

Studied at the University of Vienna in Math and Physics

Spent next seven years after graduating growing and hybridizing common garden peas.
Died in 1884, his work still unknown to the scientific community

Genotype and Phenotype

Genotype-the actual genes of an individual

Phenotype-the physical expression of those genes

Determined by genotype and the interaction of the genotype with the environment

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