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Gregor Mendel was born in 1822
He’s the father of genetics, he solved a science mystery
And he figured out the basic laws of heredity
His parents could not send him to a university
So he became a monk, he wanted to get a degree
He noticed that some plants he grew that came from the same seeds
Were different from the parent plants and he thought that shouldn’t be
Gregor Mendel, he began an experiment
He crossbred 2 tall pea plants and studied their offspring
3 turned out tall but one was small it was the strangest thing
He crossbred 2 small plants and studied their offspring
Everyone was small he thought each trait must have 2 genes
2 tall genes make all tall plants, 2 small genes, all plants small
But one tall gene plus one small gene, all the plants will all be tall
Gregor Mendel was born in 1822
He’s the father of genetics, he solved a science mystery
And he figured out the basic laws of heredity
And Mendel says:
Tall must be a dominant gene, it only takes one for the trait to be seen
Small must be the recessive gene, unless both genes are small
The pea plants will be tall
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