Gregor Mendel: The Father of Genetics

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[@overdozze1226]

This video was posted today, yet this comment is from a week ago? Nice!

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

@@overdozze1226 *Illuminati confirmed*

[@--enyo--]

16:00 Not a science channel, you say? Not a science channel *yet*.

[@djmcneil1986]

Can you look into the Fugate family of Kentucky in the 1820s and see if they are worth doing a video on please. Thank you

[@bojokowski]

Dig the topics of this channel but the pompousness of the English and the way they talk down makes me throw up in my mouth -Whitey McWhitedude

[@Sciencerely]

I'm a stem cell researcher and it is still astonishing to think how Mendel's work shaped biology. Due to his discoveries, other scientist could start to study genetics and find incredible mechanisms such as complex interactions of numerous genes (+ environmental factors) which give us our body heights, packing DNA more tightly to turn off genes or ancient DNA which can jump within our chromosomes and provoke cancer (would love to make a video about these topics in the nearer future!). And all thanks to a single monk!

[@vishalraj-yf8jn]

I have always been fascinated at how he could weed out the homozygous dominant from the heterozygous dominant.. phew!

[@daveconrad6562]

Do you think the mrna vaccine tech is ethical?

[@davidtrindle6473]

Look forward to your wort

[@catharinepizzarello4784]

Another stroke of pure luck. Many hybrids are blended expression of genes. He likely couldn’t have made sense of this if he chose another plant.

[@nawdawg4300]

Stuff like this happens all the time inm all sorts of fields. We truly do stand on the shoulders of giants.

[@mylinuxgr5050]

Mendels genius shined when he guessed right that inheritance of traits was based on a pair of "elements" per individual per trait. This duality of gene copies within each individual and the random passing of one of these copies in the next generation was the only logical mathematical explanation that could lead to the ratios of traits he observed in the F2 generation. So, besides genetics, he invented experimental math before statistics was even an idea. One of the most brilliant minds in human history!

[@Wi-Fi-El]

I remember in middle school, I learned about Mendel, and that spring I bought about twenty breeds of chili pepper seeds to make hybrids. I didn't get many, but I did get a few neat hybrids. The banana pepper plant grew what I think was a Thai dragon hybrid, and some of the purple bell peppers had blisters like the Trinidad moruga plant next to it

[@JackieMReacts]

yeah, i used mendel's math for my video games

[@tracesprite6078]

Good on you for that amazing experiment.

[@ethanramos4441]

“I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work” Gregor Mendel

[@twocvbloke]

I can fully sympathise with him, my mental health has prematurely ended a lot of things for me, aswell as prevented me doing things owing to breakdowns, anxiety and just sheer emotional failure, but at least he proved that even those of us who are worst off can still do great things... :)

[@LadyVLR]

I'm glad they gave him a chance.

[@tracesprite6078]

I hope you're keeping well these days. I hope you're maintaining simple things like walking, meditation and eating healthy food. They are simple but very powerful, as are friendships and creative hobbies like gardening.

[@friedmahooga]

Very grateful to him. If it hadn't been for the discovery of genetics and subsequent work done in the field, we might never have found out what my little niece's mystery illness was.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Ah yes, this is the guy everyone learned about in Biology in high school

[@JerryBeansManOTK]

Simon was not taught in my courses...sounds dope

[@rabbit_herder_420]

@@JerryBeansManOTK I'm more interested in learning about Danny No offense Simon, you interesting too, but Danny has done everything

[@l00k69]

@@rabbit_herder_420 Does it actually say that Danny writes the scripts for Biographics? For the most part the different channels Simon is on have different owners and staff

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

I'm still waiting for my own biography.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Middle school for me

[@aprilrain5553]

People like Mendel really speak to me. I’m an autistic 14 year old girl and I started gaining interest in scientists, starting with Michael Faraday. Something about him, Mendel, and others really inspire me. Having a special interest isn’t like any other interest, it can engulf your life sometimes. I’m glad that I’m able to appreciate Mendel and his work!

[@rajasaurus3229]

I am about a year older then you but I also love science. Many people really inspire me like Mendel, Ramanujan and Maxwell.

[@tr1084]

Fr. Gregor, one of the sources of inspiration for me becoming a biologist and a Catholic.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Wonderful! God bless your endeavors!

[@covishen]

I learned what most American kids learn about Mendel, that he grew peas and worked with them becoming the father of genetics, but that was about it. After watching this, all I can say is just Wow! That he had melancholy (major depression today), came from a very modest background, etc is amazing in it's own right. Simon did an amazing job with this episode.

[@ItsJustLisa]

I was introduced to Mendel in high school biology and was immediately fascinated. Thank you for filling in what biology class did not. Others may not be as interested in his personal story, I think it fills in what just his scientific work did not.

[@lhart99]

Gregor Mendel and Charles Darwin are the two reasons why I fell in love with Genetics. :-)

[@darmus8928]

I remember reading about Gregor Mendel in 10th grade. Out of all the subjects in biology, only the one(can't remember the name) chapter that covered about him, made me smile. That chapter had the easiest diagrams, explanations and just the right amount of length to it.

[@PSquared-oo7vq]

That was very interesting. I had always imagined him laboring on his work sub rosa, under the thumb of an oppressive church. Instead, he benefited from several enlightened religious men, who (to borrow a phrase) cultivated his obvious intellect. Good episode.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:50 - Chapter 1 - The boy from nowhere 5:50 - Chapter 2 - Brno days 9:25 - Mid roll ads 10:45 - Chapter 3 - The monk in the garden 17:30 - Chapter 4 - First they ignore you 21:00 - Chapter 5 - Rediscovery

[@overdozze1226]

I'd love to see a video on Pedro II of Brazil. Lost his mum at 1, became emperor at 6, did good for the country, but ultimately died in exile, sad and broke, refused to spill blood for the crown and to own slaves

[@Pikrodafni]

There is a wonderful documentary about him in French, in Secrets d'Histoire.

[@overdozze1226]

@@Pikrodafni I find him fascinating. A truly good emperor I believe.

[@jackbridge5780]

You just did his biography, albeit in two sentences ......kiddin he does sound interesting

[@overdozze1226]

@@jackbridge5780 Hahaha. He is quite interesting, his mother is quite intetesting too, though she died at 29 and her story would have been quite short.

[@agathor86]

Talking about Mendels depression... I fully understand how he must have felt. I've been fighting depression for 10 long years and doing my PhD made it so much worse. I know many scientists who are afflicted by this disease.

[@dominicksebastien2254]

The problematic thing is that today, there is this cult of happiness and it emtered even the Church where it can often be heard "a true believer cannot be depressed." Those are pure bollocks, there were many smart, intelligent and saintly people who were depressed but they accepted it in a way as their cross. You can have depression but remember - you are not you depression, just as I am not my anxiety.

[@tracesprite6078]

You may like to try picturing your depression as a grey blanket, lying over your life. Now imagine picking up one corner of that blanket. What do you see? Very likely, it will be a sharp, painful emotion. Be brave and let yourself feel that emotion e.g. I feel bitter because my friend is very witty but no one laughs at my jokes. Let yourself feel the hurt of that. Respect your feelings and don't belittle them. Have a cry if possible. The energy of that real, sharp emotion will probably disperse the woolly depression until next time that your mind uses vague depression to disguise a more painful emotion.

[@clintzandrewmatugas5846]

Thanks a lot guys, may God bless all of you and the viewers more.

[@Lowmanification]

Now that you have done the father of Genetics, how about the father of Epigenetics, Conrad Hal Waddington. His work was instrumental in embryology, developmental biology and systems biology. He also formulated what may be one of the most referenced thought experiments in Biology, the Epigenetic Landscape, which is still cited in reviews to this day some 80 years later.

[@elainebmack]

Your last statement about someone today working in obscurity, discovering and/or developing a new idea, concept, etc, is what brought this together for me. Who and where are they? Some day we will know.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

As you can see, I've been waiting for one of my own biographies.

[@LordSluggo]

Simon, you know what to do

[@amandajones661]

As someone who has lived with depression my entire life and thrived in many careers, I can't say how important personal projects are that don't involve anyone else. His long term pea project sounds heavenly to me. Not all depression is the same, but having 1. A personal project that only you are responsible for 2. Something you have to keep alive 3. Something that keeps your mind busy and structured and 4. A schedule are ways it sounds like he helped live with his depression.

[@mathieuleader8601]

gregor was referenced in the childrens show Arthur styled as Mr. Ratburn with his research into pea plants

[@rabbit_herder_420]

I'm so pumped! Thanks for my 2 free months of skill share! Your shows are a gift that keeps on giving Thanks Simon and Danny and everyone who brings helps make these videos happen

[@nicholashale6116]

Overall fascinating story about a community helping a man they believe in rise up to his destiny... I have a newfound respect for Mendel and his origins. Also, what a beautiful closing statement... I love your team's work! :)

[@kodoqbesar4301]

Kinda feel bad for him. He dedicated his life to this project, and people rejected him because he's a Religious man (Dunno the word, he's like a Priest or something). He burnt all his research and only got recognized in the 1900s.

[@0ldFrittenfett]

He was a Monk, I think.

[@0ldFrittenfett]

And later an Abbé.

[@Luigiaspie]

@@0ldFrittenfett He was an Augustinian Friar, to be exact.

[@TkKirklandReal]

He didn't dedicate his life to it he gave part of his life to it. But that's the amazing part... Imagine if he gave his entire life to it how much more he would have discovered. Greatness indeed tho.

[@vishalraj-yf8jn]

You can feel even wise for a giant wise living now but went unrecognised for the 2008 Nobel prize - Douglas Prasher

[@mfvieira89]

This is odd, but it's kind of comforting to know that people who achieved great things went through suffering too. I also had a breakdown while I was at University (in no small part because of money related issues), I also returned to my parent's relatively quiet village/region and I also took a year and a half to recover (I didn't stop studying or lay down doing nothing though, in the mean time I went to a smaller University and enrolled in another course). Then I returned, and in 2016, I finally was able to graduate from Medical School, albeit two years "late". I got relatively bad grades in important exams because my anxiety too, and I'm still battling it.

[@funnights74]

The patience of the man, 8 years cross breeding peas and is then estimated to have counted 30,000 of them and divided them into sub categories 👏👏. From this he figured out dominant and regressive genes, a true genius. He discovered a new science and no one noticed for decades. I love the idea of him working alone for years and those watching on thinking he was insane. Time did prove him right.

[@TkKirklandReal]

This is powerful and I'm inspired. This man is so great he was miles ahead of his time. That he would sit back years and do nothing and they still didn't keep up until years after he died... Now that's greatness.

[@blackblurable]

I loved it! These people throughout history that weren’t given their due or recognition changed humanity in some way. While it might sound tedious, boring and uneventful for most to read. He made breakthroughs and wasn’t acknowledged as being ahead of his time. It’s heartwarming to hear these stories of these incredible people who in the face of adversity, loss and illness still persevered with or without help. Thanks for this biography, Simon well done!

[@robertorojnic4370]

Absolutely love this particular biography! Great work, Simone.

[@jenniferreb1293]

Graduated from an Augustinian university (Villanova). For someone who went through 13 years of Catholic school growing up, it was an eye opener. The brothers were amazing and encouraged to pursue their talents. No wonder Mendel was able to do what he did best

[@nolandost3070]

"This video is Brot-" My internet cutting out has exposed the true message of this video to be about the German word for Bread. Thank you, Simon, for this bread video.

[@Hegataro]

It's simple I see a video about a czech man, I click it in a milisecond

[@Harris83]

"...shed load..." damn near spat my coffee out... haha

[@patmullarkey7659]

"One man and his peas!"

[@seanbrazell6147]

I love the phrase "his life was a progression of Sunday afternoons". (but don't quote me quoting!)

[@fobban8259]

You really need to make a video about Sweden’s warrior king Carolus Rex (Charles XII). The guy who spent his entire adult life at war. He nearly crushed the Russian Empire in its cradle. He was an absolute genius on the battlefield. Please make a video!

[@_Snapper]

Honestly this is my favorite channel on you tube

[@pedrohenriquekuhnbraun431]

I remember studying this Dude in Biology Class and also not caring much about his Research

[@joheyjonsson2825]

Not get too far into the weeds... when talking about peas... really...

[@mikdan8813]

Catholics not be against science, you know.

[@dominicksebastien2254]

Of course not, though in the 19th century, regarding new political movements (liberalism, nationalism, comunism) the answer was always no, and to modernity as well. The experience of French revolution was quite traumatic. But, with the scientific methodolgy we never had a problem.

[@devinjohnson5948]

Hey Simon, I've got another person you could cover: Edward Gingerich. The first Amish person to be convicted of homicide.

[@fmorales3568]

In my High School we all learned about him. A real inspiration.

[@SunnyNight]

Could you do a Biographics on Henry Dunant? He’s the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, he write a memoir about his experience of stumbling upon the aftermath of a battle and tending to the dying soldiers on both sides. Barely anyone knows about him.

[@dariadarling]

I grew up on Henry Dunant street, and I don't know anything about him... So agreed!

[@catherinespencer-mills1928]

I read about Mendel in high school - it was the 1960s. i was fascinated.

[@kellie12847]

I think I suggested him eons ago, so it’s nice to see this vid! Thanks!

[@emiel255]

This video was very intruiging. I didnt know as much about this man as I do now. Thanks Simon and the team! A Genghis Khan video as a future Biographics subject would be very interesting to see.

[@TheDoctorRedstone]

Hey Simon could you please make a biographic on Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn ? The writer had a interesting life and almost single handeld took communism to a fall.

[@JodiSones]

Have you done one of these on Luther Burbank? If not, I would love to see one. I went to his home/gardens and was surprised to learned that he was the one that developed the potatoes we know today. He also did many other experiments, some of which didn't turn out so great, like his white blackberry (yes it was totally white), but didn't have any flavor, so didn't turn out so great.

[@KasFromMass]

Simon and his writers best work ever. Bravo, absolutely inspiring.

[@jayaramanganapathi9385]

Thanks for explaining Mendel's work. Our genes now know they were discovered by Mendel. Hats off to the father of genetics.

[@ThorfinnSkullsplitter-fz7ff]

Mendel’s discoveries, and the subsequent controversies tied to de Vries, Correns, and Tschernak make me think of that former patent office clerk, Alfred Einstein and the works of guys like Poincare, Lorentz and a few others, including his first wife.

[@eduardoramirezjr4403]

Brno: steady days of Sunday afternoons. That’s were I’m retiring.

[@milheg5622]

If you like clinking of trams this is you place! They have observatory too.

[@eduardoramirezjr4403]

Mil Heg I’m from NY ( which I love) but I would enjoy a quieter place.

[@indoorsandout3022]

Mendel has been my favorite scientist since I first learned about him in high school. There was a whole chapter in our biology textbook devoted to his work. And at the end of the chapter, we did Gel Electrophoresis on DNA samples from our families to prove that it was right. We even found 2 classmates that were related and didn't know it.

[@luvte1]

You must have went to qn exclusive private school.

[@vishalraj-yf8jn]

Douglas Prasher the discoverer of how to isolate and clone the GFP (Green fluorescent protein) is one such guy.. he is still unsung while he lives among us.. was overlooked for 2008 Nobel prize because he was a cabbie then and not an active scientist..

[@JC-ks3yk]

I remember him as the man who caused me to have to recreate those square diagrams in biology class....

[@otakuman706]

Really fantastic video. Generally enjoyed the channel, and I have a particularly soft spot for biology, but I enjoyed this video even more than expected from that alone. Knew some of the overarching stuff, but not much really. Fascinating to find this out, and certainly entertaining. Also somewhat... bittersweet, yet hopeful. Great job on this on 👌🏽🍻

[@castletemper6121]

Thanks Simon. I started out watching Business Blaze and now when I needed a biography on Mendel, there you were! Thank you!

[@vishalraj-yf8jn]

I am a scientist but I admit you did a better job of explaining Mendelian genetics and the dominant and the recessive characters.. Kudos..

[@thedorsinator]

Hey... do Fr Georges LeMaître next. Make sure you point out the irony of modern atheism that his story presents as well.

[@xavierbrock4126]

Hello Simon. I hope you're having a great day

[@AutoFocusChannel]

I always enjoy your educational videos - about one a day since I discovered your channel 4 weeks ago. Thank you! This history was fascinating!

[@peterdollins3610]

According to some Darwin did not take on Mendal's work because his maths were so weak he could not appreciate the significance of the work. I doubt if boredom was the cause. Darwin spent decades studying earth worms among many other boring subjects--not boring to him.

[@_Abjuranax_]

I went to 17 different schools growing up, and for some strange reason, I was always found myself studying Mendel's peas when I transferred to a new school.

[@pokerofaces]

Great orated ending Simon. I feel positive for the day ahead

[@familialdysautosis2717]

Please do one about Jonas Savimbi! Really important (for good or for bad) figure that no one knows enough about!

[@rami_ungar_writer]

Please do videos on the following people: 1. Dennis Rader 2. Jack London 3. Upton Sinclair 4. Jack Ketchum 5. Jane Austen 6. Anton LaVey

[@katwartooth]

Native Americans/Amerindians figured out crop breeding in prehistoric times. This is why most of the vegetables that feed the world today have American origins (corn, yams/sweet potatoes, potatoes & tomatoes). They had been doing this for thousands of years before Mendel. It doesn't mean his work is not valuable but it would have been more comprehensive if he had studied Amerindian crop breeding with the thousands of years of breeding to make different breeds for different climates.

[@laztoth3104]

How many great men in whatever field. Just passed through life? With out. Anyone realizing that contributed so much to their work... But I do believe that they are given There credit by someone who remembers them...👍👍 Thank you...Simon

[@umyeah971]

Would you be able to do some biographics of slightly smaller events from a persons life. For example, I’d love to hear about some medal of honour stories and who got them and what they did in detail

[@tamanamsudhir4576]

Great man with a courageous heart.

[@jeeferw7770]

Thank you for all this wonderful work can you please make a biography of Erick von manstein the German WW2 general

[@bloodandempire]

Really good episode. Thanks Simon + team

[@edwardjohannes360]

Careful, Simon. At 12:53 you say different kinds of dogs (lab and poodle) would produce one hybrid offspring, but future generations would revert back to being separate species. This is wrong. Labs and poodles are breeds (hybrids) of one species (Canis familiaris) in the Canidae family. I think you meant they would revert back to separate breeds.

[@imbra]

It would be great to have an episode on another priest/scientist: Georges Lemaître.

[@WHix-om4yo]

Awesome! A priest who put forth the "Big Bang Theory" before there was one. And it's said that the Church is against science. Maybe not.

[@imbra]

It turns out there is already a video about Georges Lemaître on the Today I Found Out channel. Yeah, my bad.

[@shinchannohara2924]

OMG! Mendle was genius guy much ahead of his times.

[@stevesayewich8594]

Thanks Simon. Just imagine if Darwin and Mendel were sequestered in lock down together. The church or Church sheltered the likes of Kepler and Copernicus. Maybe, just maybe, Mendel was responsible for the expression: "Mind your peas and cucumbers."

[@LukasUchytil]

Brno - pleasantly boring, he says! Come visit and we'll show you how "boring" the city is :-). You can even visit Mendel university. Great video.

[@richardhoff1626]

A Catholic priest, worked in Austria, Man of Science, and he worked with peas. What's not to like?

[@TheTerminator8397]

Suggestions for videos. 1. George Washington 2. The Nightstalker 3. Bear Grylls 4. Gordon Ramsay 5. Vince McMahon 6. Chuck Norris 7. Akira Toriyama 8. Vincent Price 9. Peter Cushing 10. John Adams

[@garytwist]

One of the things I remember from high school was about this gentleman,his name has come in quizzes a few times and when the questions come up about genetics I alway answer with his name and everyone in the team look at me in disbelief as I get the answer correct.

[@lilyforte2952]

Mendel is one of my biggest hero’s!!

[@Lional]

I would love to see something on Gen. Nathaniel Greene, since his house is in my neighborhood. Thank you!

[@jjc5475]

evangelical preachers: *Christianity is against science!!11* monk: *casually starts a complete new scientific field*

[@ermccx3359]

Please make a video on heroes from the Greek revolution of 1821

[@marilynguinnane4663]

Have you done a segment on Luther Burbank?

[@markrowland1366]

Abbot Mendal's were sweet peas, a climbing flowering plant, that I grew as a child to brighten our tiny back yard.

[@Colincamera363]

This is something I just have to ask, why is there no biographic swag listed here?

[@lilyforte2952]

I may be boring but I love genetic experiments like these!!!!

[@pudgeboyardee32]

That drawl during the intro, thats the theme song of the anglican church. Cake or death?! Mmmmmm... vvvery well.

[@anjulikamins6420]

I would love to have a job like mendels'.

[@fairyfloof27]

It's amazing to see how God used one man to help advance our scientific knowledge and benefit so many people!

[@antrumkfpsalatschleuder8768]

Abbots are also people who are remembered long after their death .... I live near an austrian monastery and there are paintings from every abbot and their name in the hallway since the 11th century

[@teusdheru2930]

Is it me or is there a discernable pattern when it comes to these famous folks crossed paths with one another?...ie. Kellog and Post Ferrari and Lamborghini Colonel Saunders and Dave Thomas, Ray Kroc Wild Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill Cody Robert Louis Stevenson and JM Barrie

[@nunyabznss5866]

Whats that old saying? Great minds think alike.

[@rustumlaattoe]

I was just using punnet squares to work out rose hybrids in Animal Crossing yesterday.

[@christopherberryhill3802]

Love ur show. You always have great subjects.👍👍

[@glennrugar9248]

Forgot I learned about the pea guy. Fascinating stuff

[@vinod.19]

Please make a biographics video on - JBS Haldane and Alexander Oparin.