Gregor Mendel — "I have seen the future of biology, and it is in the numbers."

"I have been called a dreamer, but the numbers do not dream."

"My experiments with single traits all lead to the same result: that from the seeds of hybrids, plants are obtained half of which in turn carry the hybrid trait (Aa), the other half, however, receive t…"

"The constant characters are those which are transmitted unchanged from the parental plants to the offspring."

"It requires indeed some courage to undertake a labor of such far-reaching extent; this appears, however, to be the only right way by which we can finally reach the solution of a question the importanc…"

"The garden is my kingdom, and the pea plants are my subjects."