Founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884). An Austrian monk and botanist. His breeding experiments on garden peas and subsequent formulation of the laws of heredity formed the basis for the study of genetics.

a Slovakian monk who studied genetic patterns in cross-fertilized pea plants. Gregor Mendel was the first to propose a particulate hypothesis of heredity, predicting the gene as the fundamental unit of heredity.

Based on his experiments with garden peas, Mendel built a model of inheritance that became the foundation of modern genetics.

Austrian monk who conducted the first experiments on heredity using pea plants, discovering that parents pass on specific traits to offspring by ways of "factors" as Mendel called them

Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)

Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822July 20 is his birthday; often mentioned is July 22, the date of his baptism. http://www.mendel-museum.org/eng/1online/room1.htm Biography of Mendel at the Mendel Museum – January 6, 1884) was a Czech-German scientist often called the "father of modern genetics" for his study of the inheritance of traits in pea plants. Mendel showed that the inheritance of 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.