JOHANN GREGOR MENDEL

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT?

• He was the first to understand genetics.
• We based Punnet Squares off his research.
• He was the first to call crossbred plants HYBRIDS.

SCIENTIFIC FACTS

• He began his experiments in 1853.
• He used pea plants for his experiments.
• He was the first to record passing of traits.
• He discovered principle of independent assortment.
• Discovered principle of segregation.

SCIENTIFIC FACTS (CONTINUED)

• Fifteen years after his death, 1884 did his work be released.
• As a boy, he could predict what type of fruit a tree would produce.

HISTORICAL FACTS

• He was a monk.
• He was ordained to priesthood on August 6, 1847
• He was born on July 22 1822, in Hynice Moravia
• He died on January 6, 1884 in Brünn while living a solitary life.
• There's a museum called Mendel Museum and is dedicated to him.

GREGOR'S LIFE

HIS PREDICTIONS

OUR SOURCES

• Our science book.
• muskingum.edu
• accessexelence.org
• astro4.ast.vill.edu
• www1.villanova.edu

OUR SOURCES (CONTINUED)

• www.sonic.net