Name: How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics
Uploaded: 2020-02-13T22:30:09Z
Duration: 2 min 56 s
Description: Each father and mother pass down traits to their children, who inherit combinations of their dominant or recessive alleles. But how do we know so much about genetics today? Hortensia Jiménez Díaz explains how studying pea plants revealed why you may have blue eyes. [Directed by Johan Sonestedt and Veronica Wallenberg, narrated by Rose Eveleth].

Each father and mother pass down traits to their children, who inherit combinations of their dominant or recessive alleles. But how do we know so much about genetics today? Hortensia Jiménez Díaz explains how studying pea plants revealed why you may have blue eyes. [Directed by Johan Sonestedt and Veronica Wallenberg, narrated by Rose Eveleth].

Hortensia Jiménez Díaz: How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics

How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics

Gregor Mendel's pea experiments laid the genetics foundation, revealing how dominant and recessive traits determine characteristics.

Using Punnett squares, we visualize allele combinations, linking Mendel's discoveries to our understanding of genetic inheritance.

Mendel's work transcends peas, forming the bedrock of genetics, from eye color to disease risk, illustrating the power of curiosity.