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Who is known as the father of genetics?

  1. Gregor Johann Mendel

  2. Charles Darwin

  3. Alfred Wallace

  4. Herschel
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Gregor Johann Mendel figure-head of the new science of genetics for his study of the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants. Mendel showed that the inheritance of these traits follow particular laws, which were later named after him. He is known as the father of genetics.

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