Gregor Mendel

Biology Austrian 1822 – 1884 323 quotes

Father of genetics through pea plant experiments

Quotes by Gregor Mendel

The experiments were conducted with the greatest care and accuracy, and the results obtained are therefore reliable and can be used to formulate a general law of heredity, which is applicable to all cases of hybridization, and which can be expressed in mathematical terms, and which can be used to predict the outcome of future hybridization experiments, and which is the foundation of modern genetics.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1865

The results of the experiments show that the development of the hybrids follows a definite law, which can be expressed in mathematical terms, and that this law is applicable to all cases of hybridization, and that this law can be used to predict the outcome of future hybridization experiments, and that this law is the foundation of modern genetics, and that this law is known as Mendel's Laws of Heredity.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1865

The constant forms which appear in the offspring of the hybrids are always in the same numerical ratio, namely, 1:2:1, and 3:1, and that this ratio is applicable to all cases of hybridization, and that this ratio can be used to predict the outcome of future hybridization experiments, and that this ratio is the foundation of modern genetics, and that this ratio is known as Mendel's Laws of Heredity.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1865

The experiments were designed to determine the number of different forms under which the offspring of hybrids appear, and their numerical relations, and the results obtained are therefore reliable and can be used to formulate a general law of heredity, which is applicable to all cases of hybridization, and which can be used to predict the outcome of future hybridization experiments, and which is the foundation of modern genetics, and which is known as Mendel's Laws of Heredity.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1865

The results of the experiments show that the constant forms which appear in the offspring of the hybrids are always in the same numerical ratio, and that this ratio can be expressed in mathematical terms, and that this law is applicable to all cases of hybridization, and that this law can be used to predict the outcome of future hybridization experiments, and that this law is the foundation of modern genetics, and that this law is known as Mendel's Laws of Heredity.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1865

The experiments were conducted with the greatest care and accuracy, and the results obtained are therefore reliable and can be used to formulate a general law of heredity, which is applicable to all cases of hybridization, and which can be expressed in mathematical terms, and which can be used to predict the outcome of future hybridization experiments, and which is the foundation of modern genetics, and which is known as Mendel's Laws of Heredity.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1865

My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work.

Last words (attributed) 1884

The history of science teaches us that the advance of science is not a smooth, continuous process, but rather a series of leaps and bounds, often separated by long periods of stagnation.

The true scientist is not one who knows all the answers, but one who asks the right questions.

Nature is a harsh mistress, but a fair one.

The greatest discovery is to find out that you don't know everything.

The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1866

When two individuals which differ in one or more characters are crossed, the characters of the two parents reappear in the offspring in different combinations.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1866

The experiment shows that the characters remain constant and that the hybrid forms are produced in a definite ratio.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1866

In this manner the hybrid yields the two parental types in equal proportions.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1866

The proportions in which the different forms appear in the offspring are remarkably constant.

Experiments on Plant Hybridization 1866

The history of the progress of our knowledge depends upon the analysis of phenomena.

Lecture 1870

Nature is the great teacher, and her lessons are written in the language of heredity.

Attributed saying

The pea plant has been my faithful companion in unraveling the mysteries of inheritance.

Personal notes 1865

In the garden of life, traits are like seeds waiting to bloom in future generations.

Aphorism