The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Now 160 years on, an international research collaboration has used genomics, bioinformatics and ...

The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics.   Now 160 years on, an ...

The genetic bases of the seven pairs of contrasting traits in the garden pea that were described by the ‘father of genetics’, Gregor Mendel, have long puzzled scientists. The discovery of the ...

The Augustinian friar Gregor Mendel completed his groundbreaking work on genetic inheritance more than 160 years ago, after carefully studying seven traits in peas, including the shape and colour ...

In biology classrooms across the world, students learn to roll their tongues. It’s almost a rite of passage, often folded ...

has jointly identified the genetic variants behind all seven traits used by Gregor Mendel more than 160 years ago to discover the basic laws of inheritance, solving a long-standing mystery in biology.

[Photo provided to China Daily] Mendel's work led to the discovery of genetic inheritance and the laws of segregation and independent assortment. While most of the genes behind his seven trait ...

It is not a fun time to be a person who has studied both history and science, and even less fun for a person who has a specific interest in the history of science. E is currently studying the ...

An international research collaboration has used genomics, bioinformatics, and genetics to map the diversity of an important ...

David Murphy discovered one of his calves had three hooves on each of its front feet. This genetic defect is called ...