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The Austrian monk who founded the science of genetics through his pea-plant experiments was:
ACharles Darwin, who proposed natural selection
BGregor Mendel, who studied trait inheritance in peas
CLouis Pasteur, who discovered germ theory of disease
DJames Watson, who described the DNA double helix
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Gregor Mendel, who studied trait inheritance in peas
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) was the Austrian monk who experimentally founded the science of genetics. He cross-bred pea plants in his Brno monastery garden and recorded ratios of inherited traits.
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