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Genetics is the study of genes and their variation and heredity among organisms. Long before DNA was recognised as the genetic material, Gregor Mendel through his studies predicted the presence of such a factor responsible for heredity. Heredity had been observed in nature for centuries, but Mendel studied this phenomenon in a scientific manner, performed experiments and put forth his hypothesis that has withstood the test of time. Although some variations to principles of Mendelian inheritance have been observed, the basic framework of genetic inheritance initially proposed by him in essence remains true.
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Patwardhan, D. (2022). Mendelian Principle of Inheritance. In: Kar, D., Sarkar, S. (eds) Genetics Fundamentals Notes. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7041-1_2
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