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Century Units Describe Contribution Gregor Mendel Made Study

Front Describe the contribution Gregor Mendel made to the study of genetics:
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19th century
-He investigated sexual reproduction by carrying out breeding experiments on pea plants.
-He found: characteristics are determined by "units" that are inherited.
20th century
-Scientists realised chromosomes and "units" behaved in similar ways.
-"units" are what we call genes, were located on chromsomes.

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