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Who is known as the 'father of genetics'?

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Darwin
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Lamarck
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Mendel
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Morgan
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The correct option is C Mendel
  • Gregor Mendel is known as the Father of Genetics. He worked on pea plants and discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance.
  • His three laws are the law of dominance, the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment.
  • He deduced that genes come in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one from each parent.

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