Gregor Mendel
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Gregor Mendel was a 19th-century Augustinian monk and scientist whose experiments with pea plants founded the science of genetics and laid the groundwork for modern evolutionary theory.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gregor Mendel canonical | 15 |
| Gregor Mendel (via Pisum sativum) | 1 |
| Johann Mendel | 1 |
| Mendel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Gregor Mendel Context triple: [modern evolutionary synthesis, influencedBy, Gregor Mendel]
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William Bateson
William Bateson was a pioneering British geneticist who helped introduce and promote Mendelian genetics and even coined the term "genetics" for the field.
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B.
Herman J. Muller
Herman J. Muller was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate best known for demonstrating that X-rays can induce genetic mutations and for his outspoken advocacy on the social implications of genetics and nuclear weapons.
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C.
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock was an American cytogeneticist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering "jumping genes" (transposable elements) in maize, fundamentally transforming genetics.
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D.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
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E.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gregor Mendel Target entity description: Gregor Mendel was a 19th-century Augustinian monk and scientist whose experiments with pea plants founded the science of genetics and laid the groundwork for modern evolutionary theory.
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A.
William Bateson
William Bateson was a pioneering British geneticist who helped introduce and promote Mendelian genetics and even coined the term "genetics" for the field.
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B.
Herman J. Muller
Herman J. Muller was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate best known for demonstrating that X-rays can induce genetic mutations and for his outspoken advocacy on the social implications of genetics and nuclear weapons.
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C.
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock was an American cytogeneticist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering "jumping genes" (transposable elements) in maize, fundamentally transforming genetics.
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D.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
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E.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biologist
ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ monk ⓘ person ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Vienna ⓘ |
| birthName |
Gregor Mendel
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Johann Mendel
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| burialPlace | Brno ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | chronic nephritis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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surface form:
Austrian Empire
|
| dateOfBirth | 1822-07-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1884-01-06 ⓘ |
| employer | St Thomas's Abbey, Brno ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName |
Gregor Mendel
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mendel
|
| fieldOfWork |
botany
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genetics ⓘ heredity ⓘ statistics in biology ⓘ |
| givenName | Gregor ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Father of Genetics ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern evolutionary theory
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modern genetics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Mendel's laws
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Mendelian inheritance ⓘ discovering laws of inheritance ⓘ experiments with pea plants ⓘ founding the science of genetics ⓘ Mendel's laws ⓘ
surface form:
law of independent assortment
law of segregation ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Augustinians
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surface form:
Augustinian Order
|
| notableWork | Experiments on Plant Hybridization ⓘ |
| occupation |
monk
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scientist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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surface form:
Austrian Empire
Jägerndorf ⓘ
surface form:
Heinzendorf bei Odrau
|
| placeOfDeath |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Brno ⓘ |
| positionHeld | abbot of St Thomas's Abbey ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1866 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| religiousName | Gregor ⓘ |
| studied |
Pisum sativum
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garden pea plants ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Christian Doppler
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Franz Unger ⓘ |
| usedMethod | statistical analysis of traits ⓘ |
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Subject: Gregor Mendel Description of subject: Gregor Mendel was a 19th-century Augustinian monk and scientist whose experiments with pea plants founded the science of genetics and laid the groundwork for modern evolutionary theory.
Referenced by (18)
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