Who is the Father of Genetics?

The “Father of Genetics” is Gregor Mendel. Mendel was an Austrian scientist and Augustinian friar who conducted groundbreaking research on the inheritance of traits in pea plants. His work, published in 1866 under the title “Experiments on Plant Hybridization,” established the principles of heredity and formed the foundation of modern genetics. Mendel’s discoveries, such as the laws of inheritance (now known as Mendelian inheritance), were fundamental to our understanding of how traits are passed from one generation to the next and laid the groundwork for the science of genetics.