Experiments in Plant Hybridisation


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(4.6 stars; 13 reviews)

Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian monk in the St. Thomas monastery in Brno. His seminal paper "Experiments in Plant Hybridization" presents his results of studying genetic traits in pea plants. It is the ground breaking work on inheritance, being the first to differentiate between dominant and recessive genetic traits. His work was long ignored and deemed controversial, however, at its rediscovery at the turn to the 20th century, it earned Gregor Mendel the title "father of modern genetics". (Summary by Availle)

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Introductory Remarks 3:41 Read by Availle
Selection of the Experimental Plants 5:31 Read by Availle
Division and Arrangement of the Experiments 8:58 Read by Availle
The Forms of the Hybrids 4:54 Read by Availle
The First Generation bred from the Hybrids 9:47 Read by Availle
The Second Generation bred from the Hybrids 5:37 Read by Availle
The Subsequent Generations bred from the Hybrids 4:50 Read by Availle
The Offspring of Hybrids in which several Differentiating Characters are Associated 21:29 Read by Availle
The Reproductive Cells of the Hybrids 26:55 Read by Availle
Experiments with Hybrids of other Species of Plants 17:42 Read by Availle
Concluding Remarks 24:27 Read by Availle

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This is why Mendel is the father of genetics


(4 stars)

This is a fantastic work explaining genetics before we knew anything of DNA. The fact that Mendel was able to do so much with so little is impressive.