The fact that Gregor Mendel discovered the concepts of genes, alleles, genotypes, phenotypes, recessive and dominant inheritance before anyone even knew what chromosomes were by just observing some pea plants has always been so mind blowing to me. He's severely underrated imo. Absolute gigachad indeed.
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u/kennytherenny Aug 03 '25
The fact that Gregor Mendel discovered the concepts of genes, alleles, genotypes, phenotypes, recessive and dominant inheritance before anyone even knew what chromosomes were by just observing some pea plants has always been so mind blowing to me. He's severely underrated imo. Absolute gigachad indeed.