Thus, on the average, among four plants two have the hybrid trait Aa, one the parental trait A, and the other the parental trait a. Therefore, 2Aa+ A +a or A + 2Aa + a is the empirical simple series for two differing traits.
— Gregor Mendel Modern

Father of genetics

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Letter to Carl Nägeli

Date / Period

1866

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Shocking

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