gregor mendel

famous monk & scientist | pea plant fanatic | father of genetics | snap me! @gregluvs2garden

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

the ducklings in the NCMS courtyard today reminded me how big of a role genetics play in our world #lastday #thirtydaysoftweets #peasoutppl

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

#MayTheFourthBeWithYou & your peas, not just today, but always🌱💗 #growlittleguysgrow

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

i don't know what's crazier... the fact that i discovered genetics or that i'm dead but still manage to tweet every day #peagod #twodaysleft

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

as a scientist, I observed ps and other plants going through natural selection to eliminate bad genes and pass on the good traits #psonearth

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

take advantage of the education opportunities available nowadays, especially since you probably won't have to become a monk because of it...

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

i hope to inspire ppl w/ mental illnesses. i suffered from depression, which often caused me to stop studying, but I made it & u will to💗;

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

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[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

in 1868, I became abbot of my monastery. The work load from my new position, along with bad eyes, kept me from continuing my scientific work

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

thnx to ppl like Bill Nye & Neil DeGrasse Tyson, my theories, along with others, about evolution have been shared with the 🌎🌵💗

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

You probably didn't know that my interest in growing plants originally came from my grandfather, who was a gardener #itrunsinthefamily

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

I want to thank my parents, Anton and Rosine for allowing me to go to secondary school, even though it caused them to struggle financially

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

I am honored to say that in 2000, the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology was founded in Vienna, Austria, to promote research

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

Apparently, some monks tried burning all of my personal papers after I died. Luckily, there were some documents they didn't find...#betrayed

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

did you know that in 1846 I took a class on growing fruit? maybe I wouldn't have found genetics w/o that class, although peas are vegetables

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

do amazing things while you are still young and healthy- by my fifties i had awful eyesight which kept me from continuing scientific studies

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

I chose the pea plant to do my tests on bc they had a short life cycle, thus i could study several gens at once & the results were fast🌱⚡️

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

I often use pedigrees to predict the offspring of a plant. they allow me to organize the plants by generation & to create a key of traits☺️🌱

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

here's a (dad) joke for you all:

Q: what is gregor mendel's favorite band?

A: the black eyed PEAS 😂🖤☮️🌱#iamyourfather #ofgenetics

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

tho today they're more commonly referred to as dominant and recessive, when I first discovered the genes, they were known as the 3:1 ratio 🌱

[gregor mendel @gregormendel86]

You can only find what you enjoy if you try new things... I spent two years as a priest & figured out that I wanted to be a teacher 📚