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History of genetics

The history of genetics is generally held to have started with the work of an Augustinian monk, Gregor Mendel. His work on pea plants, published in 1866, described what came to be known as Mendelian inheritance.

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Topic outline of genetics

Genetics is the study of how living things receive common traits from previous generations. These traits are described by the genetic information carried by a molecule called DNA.

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