Mendel and the peas Gregor Mendel (1822–1884),an Austrian monk, is considered the father ofgenetics. Mendel studied the inheritance of vari-ous traits in pea plants. One such trait is whetherthe pea is smooth or wrinkled. Mendel predicted aratio of 3 smooth peas for every 1 wrinkled pea. Inone experiment, he observed 423 smooth and 133wrinkled peas. Assume that the conditions for infer-ence were met. Carry out an appropriate test of thegenetic model that Mendel predicted. What do youconclude?
