· Heredity ( Heres- Heir ) or inheritance is the process of transmission of characters from one generation to another generation. Such transmissible characters are called hereditary characters. · Genetics is the way or mechanism of heredity or cause of variation of living beings. · Term genetics was coined by William Batson. · Variation – Dissimilarities among the offspring of the same parents. · It is more pronounced in sexually reproducing organisms. · Father of genetics – G. J. Mendel · Experimented plant – Pisum sativum (pea). May be self or cross-pollinated. (2n = 14) · Mendel presented his work in "Barun Natural History Society" · His paper was entitled "Experiments on plant hybridization" Mendel's Laws The conclusion from monohybrid crosses. 1. Law of dominance 2. Law of segregation of purity of gamete conclusion of Dihybrid crosses 3. Law of independent assortment. · Mendel studied the inheritance of seven different pairs of contrasting characters in...