Due to Gregor Mendel's work as both a scientist and an Augustinian monk, he has greatly attributed to genetic research and the scientific world. He was the first successful genetics scientist of his time and is considered to have created the basis for future research. Without the research of Gregor Mendel, modern day research on Genetics/DNA, especially research done by Watson and Crick, may have been delayed to a point in which certain principles may have yet to be discovered.
Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian monk who was born on July 22, 1822 and died on January 6, 1884. Along with being a devoted follow or Saint. Augustine, Gregor Mendel was part of the Faculty of Philosophy, the Department of Natural History and Agriculture. In addition, he conducted extensive research of heredity on plants and animals, including sheep, and hybrids (in monastery garden). Gregor Mendel was especially inspired by his monastery colleagues, Prof. Friedrich Franz and Johann Karl Nestler.
Most of Gregor Mendel's early work consisted of hybridization and cross-pollination. Following his experimentation with sheep, Mendel moved to a much more docile career, working with peas, and later, honeybees. Gregor Mendel carefully observed his "lab rats", recording their physical appearances, or phenotypes, such as height and color. On the other hand, Gregor Mendel's hybrid strain of honeybees were so vicious that they had eventually destroyed themselves. Furthermore, Mendel formulated the concept of dominant and recessive traits to explain how pure breeds and hybrids were created. Unfortunately, most people at his time disapproved his theories, and rather accepted the principle of trait blending. However, Mendel's primary observations on phenotypes would later fuel some of his most logical theories and disapprove the theory on trait blending. .
As a result of his research, Gregor Mendel coined some of the most crucial theories/observations to genetic research.
