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A short story about Gregor Mendel and his contribution to the study of heredity.

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Gregor Mendel

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In the mid century, a named Gregor Mendel tended a in a central monastery. Mendel's in that peaceful garden would one day revolutionize the study of .

Mendel wondered why different had different . Some pea plants grew tall, while others were . Some plants produced green seeds, while others had seeds. Mendel observed that the pea plants' were often similar to those of their . Sometimes, however, the plants had traits from their parents.

Mendel experimented with of pea plants to understand the process of heredity. Today, Mendel's experiments form the foundation of the scientific study of heredity.

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    nineteenth
    eighteenth
    priest
    painter
    garden
    shed
    European
    Asian
    experiments
    accidents
    heredity
    pea plants
    tulips
    characteristics
    short
    fat
    yellow
    red
    traits
    parents
    uncles
    different
    thousands
    hundreds
    genetics,

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