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Mendelism Mendelism
Mendelism The theory of heredity that forms the basis of classical genetics, proposed by Gregor Mendel in 1866 and formulated in two laws (see Mendel's laws; particulate inheritance). Mendel suggested that individual characteristics were determined by inherited `factors', and when improved... Read more
Mendels laws Mendels laws
Mendelian laws of inheritance Mendelian laws of inheritance are statements about the way certain characteristics are transmitted from one generation to another in an organism. The laws were derived by the Austrian monk Gregor Mendel (1822–1884) based on experiments he conducted in the period... Read more
Lafayette Benedict Mendel Lafayette Benedict Mendel
MENDEL, LAFAYETTE BENEDICT (b. Delhi, New York, 5 February 1872; d. New Haven, Connecticut, 9 December 1935) physiological chemistry. Lafayette Benedict Mendel was the elder of two sons of Benedict Mendel, a merchant in Delhi, New York, and Pauline Ullman. Both parents migrated to the United... Read more
Hasidim Hasidim
Hasidim or Chassidim [Heb.,=the pious], term used by the rabbis to describe those Jews who maintained the highest standard of religious observance and moral action. The term has been applied to movements at three distinct times. The first Hasidim, also called the Assideans or Hasideans, were an... Read more
Chromosome theory of heredity Chromosome theory of heredity
chromosome theory of heredity The unifying theory put forward by W. S. Sutton in 1902 that Mendel's laws of inheritance may be explained by assuming that genes are located in specific sites on chromosomes.... Read more
blending inheritance blending inheritance
blending inheritance The early theory that assumed that hereditary substances from parents merge together in their offspring. Mendel showed that this does not occur (see Mendel's laws). In breeding experiments an appearance of blending may result from codominant alleles (see codominance) and... Read more
Gregor Johann Mendel Gregor Johann Mendel
Gregor Johann Mendel , 1822-84, Austrian monk noted for his experimental work on heredity . He entered the Augustinian monastery in Brno in 1843, taught at a local secondary school, and carried out independent scientific investigations on garden peas and other plants until his election as prelate... Read more
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko Trofim Denisovich Lysenko
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko , 1898-1976, Russian agronomist. As president of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences he became the scientific and administrative leader of Soviet agriculture. In 1937 he was made a member of the Supreme Soviet and head of the Institute of Genetics of the... Read more
Genes Genes
GENES In the early 1860s, Gregor Mendel developed the concept of the gene to help explain results obtained while crossbreeding strains of garden peas. He identified physical characteristics (phenotypes), such as plant height and seed color, that could be passed on, unchanged, from one generation to... Read more
Hasidism Hasidism
Hasidism or Chassidism [Heb.,=the pious], Jewish religious movement founded in Poland in the 18th cent. by Baal-Shem-Tov . Its name derives from Hasidim . Hasidism, which stressed the mercy of God and encouraged joyous religious expression through music and dance, spread rapidly.... Read more

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