Gregor Mendel and genetics?

Question

How did Mendel's approach to answering scientific questions differ from that of his contemporaries?

Answer 1

In Mendel's day, most biologists observed nature and then philosophised about it and tried to concoct clever explanations for what they saw. Geneticists were influenced by their observations of human traits which were more complex than they could appreciate.

Mendel was lucky to attend University in a place and time where revolutionary ideas were circulating about how to do science. Medel learned that you could use simple organisms as models, and designe experiments to test hypotheses. At the time experimental biology was only a couple of decades old, and mostly confined to developmental biology. Also, in other sciences a revolution was happening that placed an emphasis on quantitative science, and the use of statistics.

Mendel designed experiments using well established strains of peas. He collected the offspring and rather than making general observations he COUNTED THEM. He then normalized the data, meaning he divided all of the classes of offspring by the smallest number so he could express the data as ratios, like 3:1 or 9:3:3:1. When he did this he saw that in all of his crosses he got ratios that were the same within the limits of variation. These ratios fit with the idea that inheriatance was due to discrete units of heredity, that were dominant or recessive and not by more amorphous blending as widely believed.

The reason that Mendel's work wasn't immediately recognized is that he only presented it once, and at an obscure meeting that none of the geneticists attended. The same is true of its publication. No one read it. I believe it was almost a year after the publication of similar findings by otheres that it was realized his work existed, and they had all been scooped by decades.

Answer 2

Mendel collected mathematical data and analyzed his data mathematically. This is one of the reasons why other scientists of his day didn't pay any attention to his findings. His use of math was revolutionary, and the others didn't see what math had to do with the study of biology. Seems strange to us now, but that was the story in Mendel's time.

Answer 3

Gregor Mendel conducted experiment in pea plant (Pisum sativum).he continued his experiment for seven years.He gave the results with a mathematical idea.he gave the results in the form of punnet square.his explanations really shows his mathematical knowledge.This predicted to be different from his contemporaries.His theories were accepted in later years and he is later called the father of genetics.

Answer 4

* Mendel became right into a monk in Austria. * He chanced on genetics in 1856 - in his spare time he did experiments using backyard peas and taught technology. * He wasnt the 1st individual to try this yet he became into the main valuable so he's unquestionably-known via fact the "father of genetics". * From the 28,000 pea flora he chanced on and named 2 characteristics. a million. Dominant trait 2. Recessive trait * a number of the characteristics he stated have been: around/wrinkled seeds gentle/constricted pods yellow/eco-friendly pods long/short stems

Answer 5

It's probably since nowadays we have more advanced technology than he did when he conducted his experiments, yet his approaches were very effective at answering questions and discovering scientific experiments back then. His discoveries paved an easier path in genetics testing since his first experiments.

Answer 6

he used experiments?