A Key Human Gene Modifies the Immune Response to Flu Vaccine. 1  Dec. 11, 2014 â How much protection the annual flu shot provides depends on how well the vaccine (which is designed based on a 'best guess' for next season's flu strain) matches the actually ...
Gregor Mendel is known as the Father of Modern Genetics. He is a pretty big name in the science world. However, he did not receive any of this credit while he was alive. We'll come back to this later. Mendel was born in Austria in 1822. His parents were farmers. When he was young and on the farm, Mendel became very interested in plants, trees, and fruit.
Mendel's meticulous study produced astonishing results: Not only did the monk discover the idea of dominant and recessive traits, he was able to apply a consistent mathematical formula that explained the frequency with which each trait appeared. 1  His discoveries would be summarized into some basic principles: 1  That each inherited trait is determined by units (what we'd later call a gene) passed on independently of other traits. 2  That each trait is made up of two units, one received from each parent.