Why scientists dug up the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, and analyzed his DNA
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Why scientists dug up the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, and analyzed his DNA

NPR  

Why scientists dug up the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, and analyzed his DNA Enlarge this image toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images/ Max Posner/NPR Hulton Archive/Getty Images/ Max Posner/NPR When the man known as "father of genetics" turns 200, how do you celebrate? A 'crazy' idea becomes reality At first, she says the idea of analyzing Mendel's genes seemed "crazy." "Gregor Mendel is a person that is taught at the first course of genetics at the university," says Pardy. "No one at the time, including Mendel, I think, suspected that his work would be so groundbreaking in terms of being a major scientific theory," says Daniel Fairbanks, a plant geneticist and author of a book called Gregor Mendel: His Life and Legacy.

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Explained | Genetics and its Mendelian inheritance
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Explained | Genetics and its Mendelian inheritance

The Hindu  

It’s a commonly observed habit in families to draw likenesses between members of the youngest generation and their ancestors. “This baby has a smile like her mother,” one would say, or, “He has exactly the temperament of his grandfather.” This project may be extended by some to even saying, “X writes so well, she has inherited this from her eldest …

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