Gregor Mendel is the father of genetics because he discovered dominant and recessive traits and also that traits are randomly and statistically given from parents to a child. His discoveries established the fundamentals of genetics that are understood in modern science. read more
Johann Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) Father of Genetics. Gregor Mendel, through his work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one from each parent. read more
Gregor Mendel, who is known as the"father of modern genetics", was inspired by both his professors at university and his colleagues at the monastery to study variation in plants, and he conducted his study in the monastery's garden. read more