Gregor Mendel was the first scientist to use statistics to analyze scientific data. Before Mendel’s experiments, scientists beli
eved that organisms acquired traits from their environment and passed them on to their offspring. After Mendel’s discoveries were accepted, scientists realized that traits passed to offspring were the result of genes being passed from parents to offspring. This is an example of
After Mendel’s discoveries were
accepted, scientists realized that traits passed to offspring were the result
of genes being passed from parents to offspring. This is an example of the law
of inheritance. The genes that are passed down from the parents are being
shared by the offspring. It can be shown if the trait is recessive or dominant
from the parents’ gene.
