Gregor Mendel was an Austrian monk who lived in the 1800s

Last updated: 4/14/2023

Gregor Mendel was an Austrian monk who lived in the 1800s Mendel made many important discoveries related to genetics and heredity by studying inheritance patterns in pea plants He developed three important laws to help explain the gene inheritance and expression that he observed These laws of inheritance are known as the law of dominance the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment How did Mendel s work increase scientists understanding of natural selection O A Mendel s work demonstrated that natural selection can only act on populations in which there is no genetic variation Mendel s work helped scientists understand the relationship between natural selection and genetic drift Mendel s work helped scientists better understand how traits that can be acted upon by natural selection are passed from one generation to the next OB O C OD Mendel s work demonstrated that natural selection can only act upon traits that cannot be passed down from one generation to the next CO