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Article: Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- October 21, 2006
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GREGOR MENDEL: Planting the Seeds of Genetics
SIMON MAWER
Though most biology students know Gregor Mendel as the father of genetics, they know little about the man himself. According to lore, he was simply a monk who worked with peas and discovered how traits such as flower color were inherited through generations. Mawer, a novelist and biologist, fills in the gaps in this story with a detailed biography of this influential scientist, whose work was ignored during ...