What is the scientific study of heredity called?

Genetics is the scientific study of heredity. The 19th-century friar and scientist Gregor Mendel is often called the Father of Genetics because of his work studying traits in pea plants. read more

Genetics is the scientific study of heredity. The 19th-century friar and scientist Gregor Mendel is often called the Father of Genetics because of his work studying traits in pea plants. Mendel was the first to discover that genetic traits, or “factors” as he called them, are dominant or recessive and that they are inherited by offspring from their parents. read more