Biology GCSE
history of genetics
What history of genetics means in Biology GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of history of genetics
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The foundation of modern genetics was established in the 1860s by Gregor Mendel through quantitative breeding experiments on pea plants.
Topics that use history of genetics
- Inheritance (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Asexual reproduction
- carrier identification
- chromosomes
- continuous variation
- data interpretation
- direct proportion
- discontinuous variation
- DNA
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