M esd Inheritance of Characteristics 16gg8 ESD.77 Gregor Mendel ( 1822-1884) Investigated the inheritance of characteristics (traits") Conducted extensive experiments with pea plants EXamined hybrids from different strains of plant short short short tall short Character(gene) for tallness is dominant Character(gene)for shortness is recessive o Massachusetts Institute of Technology -Prof. de Weck and Prof Willcox Engineering Systems Division and Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics8 © Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Prof. de Weck and Prof. Willcox Engineering Systems Division and Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inheritance of Characteristics Inheritance of Characteristics Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) Investigated the inheritance of characteristics (“traits”) Conducted extensive experiments with pea plants Examined hybrids from different strains of plant tall tall tall tall tall short short short short Character (gene) for tallness is dominant Character (gene) for shortness is recessive