Mendel

I have always known that Mendel was who discovered the mysterious pattern of genetic inheritance by experiments with peas. When I was reading AP biology textbook this afternoon, I found that Mendel was actually a monk and he lived in a monastery. He did all those scientific experiment in an abbey garden! He and his siblings actually received agricultural training in school. After he finished university, he went back to the monastery, which sounds incredible and impossible for anyone today, at least for me. I also read about that all his monk fellows were fascinating with the breeding of plants. It's an interesting story, and many of the facts surprised me. lol  AP biology is truly more advanced than regular biology.