Mendel

American  

[men-dl] / ˈmɛn dl /

noun

1. Gregor Johann 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.

2. a male given name, form of Mandel.

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Mendel British  

/ ˈmɛndəl /

noun

1. Gregor Johann (ˈɡreːɡɔr joˈhan). 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist; founder of the science of genetics. He developed his theory of organic inheritance from his experiments on the hybridization of green peas. His findings were published (1865) but remained unrecognized until 1900 See Mendel's laws

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Mendel Scientific  

/ mĕn′dl /

1. Austrian botanist and founder of the science of genetics. He formulated the important principles, known as Mendel's laws, that form the basis of modern genetics.

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Example Sentences

For more than a century, biology has been guided by the principles of inheritance first described by Gregor Mendel through his famous pea plant experiments.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was responsible for turning Chabad into a global movement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

One of his five sons, Rabbi Mendel Goldstein, assumed leadership of the synagogue and its school.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

According to the classic theory of genetics laid out by the biologist Gregor Mendel, if both parents carry a recessive gene then there's a one in four chance that their child will inherit the condition.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Even if Mendel was aware of a potential connection between his “units of heredity” and evolution—his prior notes had certainly indicated that he had sought such a link—he made no explicit comments on the topic.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee