" Mendel's Discovery and its importance to our insight about genes and genetic disorders." INTRODUCTION Gregor Mendel, a 19th century Czech monk who performed experiments with pea plants, is considered the "father of genetics." Mendel discovered the first laws of inheritance, which are the basic of modern genetics and our knowledge on genes and genetic diseases. Here we will discuss in detail Mendel's discovery about genetic disorders and its importance in our understanding. EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY MENDEL Gregor Mendel experimented with cross-pollination of pea plants, wherein he investigated monirg and alleles for flower color, height,and seed shape. He observed what traits were passed on by each plant and its offspring, looking for inheritence patterns. Mendel in his experiments found out that fundamental laws of inheritance by following this: 1 . The Law of Segregation: During the formation of gametes, the alleles for a trait se...
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