Mendel studied heredity through pea plants from "summary" of To Explain the World by Steven Weinberg
Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk, is best known for his work on heredity. His experiments with pea plants in the mid-nineteenth century laid the foundation for our modern understanding of genetics. Through meticulous observations and careful record-keeping, Mendel was able to uncover the basic principles of inheritance.
Mendel chose to study pea plants for several reasons. They are easy to grow, have a short reproductive cycle, and produce offspring in large numbers. This allowed Mendel to conduct a large number of controlled experiments over a relatively short period of time. By selecting specific traits to study, such as seed color and flower position, Mendel was able to isolate the factors that determine how these traits are passed from one generation to the next.
One of Mendel's key insights was the concept of domina...
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