Mendel therefore decided to examine the inheritance of two characteristics at once ... pass their on genes in the same way as the garden pea plant? The answer to that question is no, but many ...

The results of Mendel ... pea plants followed over eight generations, were ignored until long after both he and Darwin were dead. Darwin, like many of his contemporaries, speculated that ...

Even though Mendel had not planned to be a monk, he was admitted to the order on September 7, 1843. Mendel was then ... hours a day breeding fuchsias and pea plants. Keeping the peas.

Mendel was able to cross-breed the plants by transferring pollen with a paintbrush. He meticulously recorded a range of characteristics for each plant, including its height, pod shape, pea shape ...