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What is genetics? Who is the father of genetics?


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Genetics:

  1. It is the branch of biology that studies genes and their expression.
  2. Genetics deals with the population's genes, genetic variation, and heredity.

Father of genetics:

  1. The father of genetics is Gregor Johann Mendel.
  2. G. J. Mendel led the foundational understanding of genes and hereditary inheritance.
  3. Mendel established the laws and principles of inheritance.

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