<P> Gregor Mendel , who is known as the `` father of modern genetics '' , was inspired by both his professors at the Palacký University , Olomouc ( Friedrich Franz and Johann Karl Nestler ) , and his colleagues at the monastery ( such as Franz Diebl ) to study variation in plants . In 1854 , Napp authorized Mendel to carry out a study in the monastery 's 2 hectares ( 4.9 acres ) experimental garden , which was originally planted by Napp in 1830 . Unlike Nestler , who studied hereditary traits in sheep , Mendel used the common edible pea and started his experiments in 1856 . </P>
who is the father of genetics and what did he study
Gregor Mendel the common edible pea