Mendel is considered the of
Genetics. He was monk, biologist and
botanist in Austria in 1822
who died in 1884. the years
1853 to he cultivated pea plants
the gardens of his to be used
in research. His experiments
consisted crossing pea plants of
characteristics (size, colour of
seeds, etc.), cataloging the and
interpreting them. The led
him to enunciate laws, results
published in with no scientific
repercussion that time. Only at
beginning of the 20th , in 1902,
18 years his death, were his
broadly recognized.