Gregor Mendel
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Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822 – January 6, 1884) was an Austrian Augustinian monk and scientist, who gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of the new science of genetics for his study of the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants. Mendel showed that the inheritance of these traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him. The significance of Mendel's work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century. The independent rediscovery of these laws formed the foundation of the modern science of genetics.
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See also
- Abbey of St. Thomas in Brno
- List of Austrian scientists
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
- Mendel Museum of Genetics
- Mendel Polar Station in Antarctica
- Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry Brno (named after Mendel since 1994)
- Mendelian error
- Mendelian inheritance
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