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Who is known as father of genetics

A. Mendel

B. Kolreuter

C. Hugo de Vries

D. Beadle and Tatum

Answer: Option A

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Mendel is known as the father of genetics.
Mendel, known as the "Father of modern genetics", chose to study variation in plants in his monastery's 2 hectares experimental garden.
His experiments led him to make two generalizations, the Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment, which later came to be known as Mendel's Laws of Inheritance.

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