"Magic Wand" of biology – the gift of a monk from Brno. On the 150th anniversary of the publication of the work of G. Mendel "Experiments on Plant Hybrids"

  • Yu. V. Vagyn Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine, 03680; Kyiv, Akademika Zabolotnogo Str., 150

Abstract

The paper presents the biographical data of Gregor Mendel, the founder of modern genetics, and discusses the role of his article "Experiments on Plant Hybrids" as the scientific work, which has become one of the key factors that stimulate transformation of biology in the twentieth century.

Keywords: Gregor Mendel, hybridological analysis, theory of blending inheritance, theory of particulate inheritance.

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