Two hundred years since the birth of Mendel: who he was and where we have come from his works

Abstract

During the 19th and 20th centuries, researchers in various parts of the world sought a theory that could explain the inheritance of traits in different organisms. One of them was Gregor Johann Mendel, born on July 20, 1822, in rural areas in a small village in the Silesian region, located then in the Austrian empire; today, the Czech Republic. However, Mendel celebrated his birthday on July 22 (Moreira, 2017). [...]