Who is the father of Genetics and plant breeding?

🔬 Key Points
Gregor Mendel and Genetics
→ Gregor Mendel is the father of genetics and plant breeding.
→ Gregor Mendel, by his work on the pea plant, discovered the fundamental law of inheritance.
→ He found that genes come in pairs and are inherited—one gene from each parent.
→ He is also known as the father of modern genetics.

📝 Additional Information
Name of the domain

Botany: Theophrastus
Indian Botany: William Roxburgh
Evolution: Charles Darwin
Virology: Martinus Beijerinck
Taxonomy: Carolus Linnaeus
Cell Biology: George Emil Palade
Microbiology: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek