Mendel's Experiment

Mendel’s Experiments

Gregor Mendel, known as the father of genetics, conducted experiments with pea plants to understand how traits are inherited. By observing how characteristics such as flower color and seed shape were passed from one generation to the next, he identified patterns in the way traits were inherited. His di...

Features or characteristics of an organism, such as fur color in cats, wings of birds, or colors of flowers, make life on Earth diverse.

These traits are inherited, meaning they are passed from one generation to the next.

Genes, tiny units of DNA, carry the instructions for traits and determine how living things grow and appear.