Who is known as the Father of Genetics?
ACharles Darwin
BThomas Hunt Morgan
CHugo de Vries
DGregor Johann Mendel
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Gregor Johann Mendel
1. Mendel was an Austrian friar who studied pea plants in the 1860s.
2. He worked out the basic rules of inheritance from his pea crosses.
3. His laws of dominance, segregation and independent assortment laid the foundation of genetics.
4. So he is honoured as the Father of Genetics.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Science Ch 9 'Heredity' (learncbse.in extract)_
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