Those traits that pass into hybrid association entirely or almost entirely unchanged, thus themselves representing the traits of the hybrid, are termed dominating and those that become latent in the association, recessive.
— Gregor Mendel Modern

Father of genetics

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From 'Experiments on Plant Hybridization', defining his key concepts.

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1865

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Philosophical

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