Question

Write a note on Mendel's character

Answer 1

In 1856 Mendel began his experiments on plant hybridisation with garden peas in the monastery garden. Although similar work had already been done by contemporary botanists, the significant features of all these experiments had been overlooked because the investigators made overall observations of all inherited characters instead of collecting and analysing data in a systematic, mathematical way.

This is how Mendel achieved what his predecessors could not. First of all he concentrated his attention on a single character in his experiments on inheritance. Secondly, he kept accurate pedigree records for each plant. And third, he counted the different kinds of plants resulting from each cross. Fourthly, he analysed his data mathematically.