Scientists Think Gregor Mendel Would Be "Happy" That They Dug Up His Body to Study His Genetics

Scientists exhumed the remains of the father of genetics just before he was 200 years old.

The scientists explained in a new NPR interview that exhumation may have pleased the Czech genetics pioneer.

"We think that he would be happy," said rka Pospilov, who is a geneticist at Masaryk University. He was very enthusiastic for all sorts of research.

There is more than one theory in Pospilov's.

A plant geneticist who wrote a biography of the friar scientist thinks that he may have been happy about it. It's not possible to directly ask him.

Scientists were able to dig up the friar in the summer of 2021. They were able to conclude that they had the right guy after comparing his hair to the old bones in his coffin, which only had the names of four monks on it.

The scientists discovered that he had a large brain, but also had genetic markers for a number of diseases. The report notes that he had a gene associated with neurological issues and had a long history of psychological problems.

He was afflicted with a psychological or neurological disorder that caused him to have very severe nervous breakdowns. That may have been a result of an inheritance.

The first person to teach genetics at that same university was the man known for his pea plant experiments.

Pardy told NPR that he felt that he was very important. He stands at the beginning of everything we do.

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