Gregor Mendel was the father of the field of genetics, which seeks to explain how traits are passed on from one generation to the next. To study genetics, Mendel chose to work with pea plants because they have easily identifiable traits.
A person had
her tonsils removed and developed throat cancer. The two events are related
because the tonsils contain lymphocytes that may have killed the cancer cells Tonsils
are made up of soft tissues. Tonsils are located near the throat.
