Experiments in Plant Hybridisation
Gregor Mendel
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Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian monk in the St. Thomas monastery in Brno. His seminal paper "Experiments in Plant Hybridization" presents his results of studying genetic traits in pea plants. It is the ground breaking work on inheritance, being the first to differentiate between dominant and recessive genetic traits. His work was long ignored and deemed controversial, however, at its rediscovery at the turn to the 20th century, it earned Gregor Mendel the title "father of modern genetics". (Summary by Availle) (2 hr 13 min)
Chapters
| Introductory Remarks | 3:41 | Read by Availle |
| Selection of the Experimental Plants | 5:31 | Read by Availle |
| Division and Arrangement of the Experiments | 8:58 | Read by Availle |
| The Forms of the Hybrids | 4:54 | Read by Availle |
| The First Generation bred from the Hybrids | 9:47 | Read by Availle |
| The Second Generation bred from the Hybrids | 5:37 | Read by Availle |
| The Subsequent Generations bred from the Hybrids | 4:50 | Read by Availle |
| The Offspring of Hybrids in which several Differentiating Characters are Associ… | 21:29 | Read by Availle |
| The Reproductive Cells of the Hybrids | 26:55 | Read by Availle |
| Experiments with Hybrids of other Species of Plants | 17:42 | Read by Availle |
| Concluding Remarks | 24:27 | Read by Availle |
Reviews
This is why Mendel is the father of genetics
Matt
This is a fantastic work explaining genetics before we knew anything of DNA. The fact that Mendel was able to do so much with so little is impressive.