bioligy

Mendel chose to study peas in his experiments because they are self-fertilizing, which meant that he could control which plants mated with each other. Additionally, peas have many different observable characteristics, which made them ideal for studying the inheritance of traits.

Louis Pasteur developed a process called pasteurization to kill germs.

In 1859, Pasteur discovered that adding heat to milk and other liquids could kill harmful bacteria, a process now known as pasteurization. This discovery revolutionized food safety and saved countless lives.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was another scientist who helped to disprove spontaneous generation.

Louis Pasteur contributed to the cell theory by proposing the germ theory of disease, which states that microorganisms are responsible for causing diseases.

Oswald Avery discovered that deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is responsible for the transmission of genetic information.

James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix structure of DNA.

He was the first to study how traits are passed on from parents to offspring. He did this by breeding pea plants with different traits and observing the results.

Rachel Carson discovered that the pesticide DDT was having detrimental effects on the environment, specifically on birds.

He discovered that the inheritance of traits in pea plants follows particular patterns, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance.