| − | '''Gregor Mendel''' was an ''''Austrian monk''' born in 1822. He studied math and science at the University of Vienna after beoming a priest. Then he worked as a high school teacher in a monastery, and tended the monastery garden. | + | '''Gregor Mendel''' (1822-1884) was an Austrian monk. He studied math and science at the [[University of Vienna]] after becoming a priest. Then he worked as a high school teacher in a monastery, and tended the monastery garden. |
| − | He is most well known for his experiments with peas. Mendel cross-polinated pea plants of different characteristics and recorded the characteristics of their offspring. Through recording the traits of several generations, Mendel came up with his principals of gentics[[http://www.conservapedia.com/Mendel%27s_principles_of_genetics]]. | + | He is most well known for his experiments with peas. Mendel cross-polinated pea plants of different characteristics and recorded the characteristics of their offspring. Through recording the traits of several generations, Mendel came up with [[Mendel's principles of genetics]]. |