went to the
Philosophical
Institute of the
University of
Olmütz
graduates
with
excellence
in math and
physics-
1843
Against his
father wishes he
joins St. Thomas
Monastery
was given
the name
Gregor
Early life
Johann Mendel, Born-July 22, 1822,
Heinzendorf,Austria
Parents-Anton
and Rosine
Mendel
Not wealthy, his
studies were
"paid" by his
excellence(scholarship)
lived in a
rural
setting till'
11
Life as a Monk
1849-
temporary
teaching
position in
Znaim because
of Illness
No
certification
1851- Studies sciences at
the University of Vienna
mathematics
and physicswith
Doppler
Botany with
Franz Unger
graduates in 1853
Is given a teaching position
Research
1854-began to
research the
transmission of
hereditary traits in
plant hybrids
1856-1863=
experiments
Law of
Segregation=dominant
and recessive traits
passed on randomly from
parents
Law of
Independent
Assortment= traits
were passed on
independently of
other traits from
parent to offspring.
1866- The
Natural Science
Society
published his
work as
"Experiments on
Plant Hybrids"
INTERESTING FACTS
The Gregor
Mendel Institute
(GMI) of
Molecular Plant
Biology, was
founded in 2000
He chose
pea for his
experiments
because the
pea has a
very short
life cycle
He also
used
Honeybees
for his
experiments
Mendel's experiment on plants did not
receive full support from the Roman
Catholic Church. However, his university
professors and colleagues motivated him
to study more on the genetics and
inheritance traits.
Mendel's work on genetics
initially went largely
unnoticed and his ideas
were only accepted after
his death
He became the father of genetics because he introduced some of the basic
ideas on this topic that had been used to stablish the current genetic model