TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Mendelian Genetics: Patterns of Gene Transmission A1 - Schaefer, G. Bradley A1 - Thompson, Jr., James N. PY - 2017 T2 - Medical Genetics: An Integrated Approach AB - Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) is heralded as the Father of Genetics, although he would not recognize that title, since the term "gene" was not coined until 1909. At the time of Mendel's experiments on plant hybrids (Figure 6-1), a prevailing theory of trait transmission was blending inheritance, in which traits are mixed and altered in the offspring. His training in physics and mathematics was unusual for a biologist of his time. It gave him a quantitative outlook on natural laws that enabled him to detect relationships in his results that other biologists had overlooked. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1147722575 ER -