Question

Define heredity what is role of mendel in heredity?

Answer 1

In the simplest of words, heredity refers to the passing of traits or characteristics through genes from one generation (parent) to the other generation (offspring). 
Gregor Mendel- The Father of Genetics

Acquiring characteristics or traits from one generation to the other is nothing but inheritance. Here, both the parents contribute equally to the inheritance of traits. It was Gregor Mendel, known as the Father of Genetics, who conducted immense research and studied this inheritance of traits.

It was with his research on plant breeding and hybridization that he came up with the laws of inheritance in living organisms.  He conducted his experiments on pea plants to show the inheritance of traits in living organisms.

He observed the pattern of inheritance from one generation to the other in these plants. And thus he came up with Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance, which can be summarized under the following headings:

Law of Dominance

Law of Segregation

Principle of Independent Assortment

Answer 2

Explanation:

The process of heredity is the sum of all biological processes resulting in the genesis of a new organism similar to its kind and displaying certain modifications rising from the genes and their interactions with

their surroundings.

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