Experiments in Plant Hybridisation [Paperback]

Gregor Mendel (Author)

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• Paperback: 41 pages
• Publisher: Harvard University Press; Twenty-Sixth Printing, 1994 edition (January 1, 1965)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0674278003
• ISBN-13: 978-0674278004
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,405,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gregor Mendel's Landmark Genetic Inheritance Paper of 1865, August 25, 2008

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This review is from: Experiments in Plant Hybridisation (Paperback)

Gregor Mendel (1822 - 1884), the Father of Modern Genetics and Christian monk, wrote this short and informative paper in 1866. This is the documentation of his landmark Pea Experiments and inheritance traits of hybrid populations. Mendel shows his original ratios of acquired characteristics peas generally showed. This is also where "dominant" and "recessive" traits, what we currently call alleles, came from. The modern notion of genetic inheritance begins with this work. Variants among the peas included:

Color of the cotyledons (yellow or green)
Smoothness of the seeds (round or wrinkled)
Color of the flowers (white or violet)
Shape of the pods (full or constricted)
Color of unripe pods (yellow or green)
Position of flowers and pods on the stems
Height of pea plants (short or tall)

All sorts of combinations were possible, but only few were more probabilistic than others.

Overall it an important and short work and is a giant contribution to the natural sciences. This book deserves a wide audience.

For a more in-depth edition of this work with some historical background please read Gregor Mendel's Experiments on Plant Hybrids (Masterworkds of Discovery).

5.0 out of 5 stars See how science is done., June 13, 2010

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This review is from: Experiments in Plant Hybridisation (Paperback)

Twin your reading of Darwin's "the Origin of Species" with Mendel's "Experiments in Plant Hybridization" and you will see how science done on the large as well as the small scale.