Johann Gregor Mendel Research Paper

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Father of Genetics

Introduction
Johann Gregor Mendel is known as the Father of Genetics. His main theory was that offspring were a blend of the parents. He discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments through his garden. For more than eight years and using more than thirty thousand plants, he showed that certain traits in the peas followed certain patterns. His experiments became the foundation of modern genetics and led to the study of heredity. Early Life Johann Gregor Mendel, was born on July 20, 1822 in Austria. His parents, Anton Mendel and Rosine Schwirtlich, were small farmers. Johann was the only boy in the family and worked on his family farm with his …show more content…

After graduating with honors, he went on to the University of Olomouc where he studied Physics, Philosophy, and many other areas. He attended the University until 1843 when he was forced to take a year off due to an illness. As Mendel was in a financial bind, Professor Friedrich Franz, a physicist, suggested to Mendel to join the Abbey of St. Thomas in Brunn as a monk. That way he could continue to study science while getting by financially. The monastery had a huge library and many laboratories.
Upon entering the Abbey, Johann took the name Gregor as a symbol of his religious life. The Abbey was known for its teaching of sciences and its director, Abbot Franz Cyil Napp, was interested in heredity of traits in plants and farm animals. At the age of 24, Mendel took a fruit-growing classes taught by Professor Franz Diebl at the Brunn Philosophical Institute. Diebl was an authority on plant breeding.
Mendel became a priest in 1847; however, he did not enjoy working as a parish priest. So in 1849, he took a job as a high school teacher. Unfortunately, in 1850, Mendel failed his exam that would qualify him as a high school teacher. In 1851, he went to the University of Vienna where he studied biology, chemistry, and physics. Mendel was hoping by studying more in these areas, he would be able to qualify as a teacher. Two years later he returned to the Abbey. There he became a physics a teacher at a school at Brunn, where he taught for the next 16

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