Who was the Augustinian monk that conducted a decade of experiments on the garden pea,eventually showing that traits are passed from parents to offspring in predictable ways?
A)Francis Crick
B)Gregor Mendel
C)Hippocrates
D)Aristotle
E)Alfred Wallace

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The Augustinian monk who conducted experiments on the garden pea and formulated the basic principles of heredity is Gregor Mendel. Option A, Francis Crick, is known for co-discovering the structure of DNA, but not for his work on pea plants. Options C, D, and E, Hippocrates, Aristotle, and Alfred Wallace, respectively, were not directly involved in the field of genetics or heredity.

Who Was the Augustinian Monk That Conducted a Decade of Experiments