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A Monk And His Pea
A Poem About The Father Of Modern Genetics
Gregor Mendel was an Austrian monk and farmer who studied variations in over 5,000 pea plants between 1856 and 1863 that became the basis of the rules of heredity and inheritance in genetics. In ninth grade biology class, I wrote a silly poem about him called A Monk And His Pea. (more…)