Mendel's Peas

Mendel's Peas refer to the experiments conducted by Gregor Mendel, who studied how traits like seed color and shape are inherited in pea plants. By crossing plants with different traits and observing their offspring over generations, he discovered that traits are passed down in particular patterns. Mendel identified that these traits are determined by factors—what we now call genes—one from each parent, and that these genes can be dominant or recessive. His work laid the foundation for modern genetics, showing how inherited characteristics follow predictable patterns.