Gregor Mendel: What Makes A Good Scientist?

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Gregor Mendel was a scientist from Moravia who became famous for founding the science of genetics. He worked with cross breeding pea plants, focusing on several different characteristics. When he found that breeding a green and yellow pea plant, always turned out with yellow colored offspring, he ended up making the terms "dominant" and "recessive". Sadly, Mendel's work wasn't found important until decades later in the 20th century, but the things he discovered are still important to us today. There are plenty of different qualities that make a good scientist, but some are more important than others. A good scientist should be persistent. I think what being a scientist is all about trying everything until you figure something out, someone

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