Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 153

Question: The first “geneticist’’ was

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Options:

A) Engler

B) Mendel

C) Schwann

D) Miller

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884 Austria) is known as father of genetics, because he was the first to demonstrate the mechanism of transmission of character from one generation to the other.