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FACT ONE: GENETICS
The study of heredity and how traits are passed on through generations.
FACT TWO: GREGOR MENDEL
Augustinian monk whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as the Father of Genetics.
FACT THREE: DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID(DNA)
Basic genetic building block material in chromosomes of a cell nucleus.
FACT FOUR: MUTATION
Change of the hereditary information resulting in a change in the sequence of the nucleotides in the DNA.
FACT FIVE: CHARLES DARWIN
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection.
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