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<p><strong>Gregor Johann Mendel</strong> (July 20, 1822<sup class="reference" id="_ref-0">[1]</sup> – January 6, 1884) was a Moravian<sup class="reference" id="_ref-1">[2]</sup> Augustinian priest and scientist researcher often called the "father of modern genetics" for his study of the inheritance of traits in pea plants. <br />Mendel showed that the inheritance of traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him. The significance of Mendel's work was not recognised until the turn of the 20th century. Its rediscovery prompted the foundation of genetics.<br /><br />The main contribution of him is that there is some entities that are transmitted with independent occurrance. A strong indication of inheritance objects. It indicates that there is a distinct information flow in living organisms. This concept seems obvious now, but it was an important philosphical paradigm. The world does not have to be that way. I.e., no discrete material that can be inherited with discrete or digital behaviour. We now know that such a distinct entity is a gene.</p>
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<p>Mendel read his paper, "Experiments on Plant Hybridization", at two meetings of the Natural History Society of Brünn in Moravia in 1865. When Mendel's paper was published in 1866 in <em>Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Brünn</em>, it had little impact and was cited about three times over the next thirty-five years. His paper received plenty of criticism.</p>
<p>Elevated as abbot in 1868, his scientific work largely ended as Mendel became consumed with his increased administrative responsibilities, especially a dispute with the civil government over their attempt to impose special taxes on religious institutions.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-2">[3]</sup></p>
<p>At first Mendel's work was rejected (and it was not widely accepted until after he died). The common belief at the time was that pangenes were responsible for inheritance. Even Darwin's theory of evolution used [[pangenesis ]] instead of Mendel's model of inheritance. The modern synthesis uses Mendelian genetics.</p>
<p>Mendel died on January 6, 1884, in Brno, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic), from chronic nephritis.</p>
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