Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by the famed citizen scientist.

The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Now 160 years on, an ...

The genetic bases of the seven pairs of contrasting traits in the garden pea that were described by the ‘father of genetics’, Gregor Mendel, have long puzzled scientists. The discovery of the ...

The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Now 160 years on, an international research collaboration has used genomics, bioinformatics and ...

A team of international scientists, mainly from China and the United Kingdom, has jointly identified the genetic variants ...

A team of Chinese and international scientists has made a groundbreaking advancement in plant genetics by decoding the ...

The study, titled Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel's pea genes, was led by Cheng Shifeng, a professor of the ...

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