Who was Gregor Mendel?
The Mendel is considered the father of Genetics. He was a monk, botanist and biologist born in Austria in 1822 and who died in 1884. Throughout the years 1853 to 1863 he cultivated pea plants in the gardens of his monastery to be used in his research. His experiments consisted of the crossing pea plants of distinct characteristics (size, color of the seeds, and so on.), cataloging the results and interpreting them. The experiments guide him to enunciate his laws, results published in 1886 with no scientific repercussion at that time. Merely at the beginning of the 20th century, in 1902, 18 years after his death, were his merits broadly recognized.