Gregor Mendel

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Also Known As	Gregor Johann Mendel • Johann Mendel
Born	July 20, 1822
Died	January 6, 1884 (aged 61) • Austria-Hungary
Subjects Of Study	plant • Mendelian inheritance • gene • heredity • hybridization • principle of independent assortment • principle of segregation

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