Chinese and other global scientists jointly solve genetics mystery of Mendel's peas

A Legacy Unlocked: Mendel-Inspired Breakthrough That Could Transform Global Pea Farming

Gregor Mendel’s iconic pea plant experiments laid the groundwork for modern genetics.   Now, 160 years later, an international team of researchers has combined genomics, bioinformatics, and genetics to map the diversity of a globally significant pea collection. Their work sheds new light on the traits Mendel studied and uncovers a vast reservoir of agriculturally valuable genetic variation. According to the authors of a new study, the resulting …

Chinese and other global scientists jointly solve genetics mystery of Mendel's peas

A team of international scientists, mainly from China and the United Kingdom, has jointly identified the genetic variants behind all seven traits used by Gregor Mendel more than 160 years ago to discover the basic laws of inheritance, solving a long-standing mystery in biology.