Who is known as the father of genetics?
- AWatson and Crick
- BCharles Darwin
- CGregor Mendel
- DThomas Hunt Morgan
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Correct answer: (c) Gregor Mendel
Explanation
Gregor Johann Mendel (1822–1884), an Austrian monk, is the father of genetics. From his experiments on pea plants (*Pisum sativum*), published in 1866, he worked out the basic laws of inheritance: dominance, segregation and independent assortment. His work was rediscovered in 1900 by de Vries, Correns and Tschermak.
- Watson and Crick gave the double helix model of DNA (1953).
- Charles Darwin gave the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- Thomas Hunt Morgan showed, with fruit flies, that genes lie on chromosomes.