<P> In breeding experiments between 1856 and 1865 , Gregor Mendel first traced inheritance patterns of certain traits in pea plants and showed that they obeyed simple statistical rules with some traits being dominant and others being recessive . These patterns of Mendelian inheritance demonstrated that application of statistics to inheritance could be highly useful ; they also contradicted 19th century theories of blending inheritance as the traits remained discrete through multiple generation of hybridization . </P>
<P> In breeding experiments between 1856 and 1865 , Gregor Mendel first traced inheritance patterns of certain traits in pea plants and showed that they obeyed simple statistical rules with some traits being dominant and others being recessive . These patterns of Mendelian inheritance demonstrated that application of statistics to inheritance could be highly useful ; they also contradicted 19th century theories of blending inheritance as the traits remained discrete through multiple generation of hybridization . </P>
who carried out the first genetic study in history
who carried out the first genetic study in history
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel