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Mendel
[ men-dl ]
noun
- Gre·gor Jo·hann [greg, -er , yoh, -hahn, grey, -gaw, r, , yoh, -hahn], 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.
- a male given name, form of Mandel.
Mendel
/ ˈmɛndəl /
noun
- See Mendel's lawsMendelGregor Johann18221884MAustrianRELIGION: monkSCIENCE: botanist 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
Mendel
/ mĕn′dl /
- 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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In addition to his monograph, Mr. Perez released another book, Gilles Mendel by Enoc Perez, available this month at J. Mendel.
Aguiar was more interested in talking about Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the spiritual founder of Chabad-Lubavitch.
Such results were anticipated from the experience of Osborne and Mendel in feeding similar materials.
This quality thus impressed on the next generation, Mendel called the dominant quality.
When people saw us coming, they would say, 'Here is Mendel and here is Mendel's sohn, too.'
It is remarkable that, as far as we know, Darwin never in any way came across Mendel's work.
A man who keeps his shop open on Sabbath is capable of anything,' said the lanky Mendel, gloomily sweeping in his winnings.
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