1865 ⟶ Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
Gregor Mendel demonstrated in pea plants that inheritance fo...
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🌱 Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
Gregor Mendel demonstrated in pea plants that inheritance follows definite rules. The Principle of Segregation states that each organism has two genes per trait, which segregate when the organism makes eggs or sperm. The Principle of Independent Assortment states that each gene in a pair is distributed independently during the formation of eggs or sperm. Mendel's trailblazing foundation for the science of genetics went unnoticed, to his lasting disappointment.⟶
BiologyGeneticsMendelInheritance19th CenturyHereditySegregationIndependent AssortmentScientific RevolutionBotany
Austria🧬 Rediscovery of Mendel's Paper on Heredity
Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns and Erich von Tschermak independently rediscovered Mendel's paper on heredity.⟶
BiologyGeneticsHeredityMendelDe VriesCorrensTschermak20th Century Biology
Austria
Germany🧬 William Bateson Coins the Term "Genetics"
William Bateson coined the term "genetics" to describe the study of biological inheritance.⟶
GeneticsBiologyInheritanceWilliam BatesonEarly 20th CenturyEvolutionHeredityScientific Terminology
United Kingdom🧬 Morgan Proposes Linear Arrangement of Genes
Thomas Hunt Morgan proposed that genes are arranged in a line on the chromosomes.⟶
BiologyGeneticsChromosomesGenesMorganInheritance
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