CHAPTER 5

Heredity and Variation

CHAPTER AT A GLANCE

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Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance

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  • During the mid-19th century, Gregor Mendel, conducted hybridization experiments on garden peas for seven years (1856–1863).
  • He postulated the laws governing inheritance in living organisms.
  • Mendel analyzed traits in the garden pea plant that displayed two opposing attributes.
  • Mendel performed deliberate pollination and interbreeding experiments employing various ...

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