Quiz

insideKWS contest

200 years of Mendel (part two)

What plant did Gregor Mendel mainly choose for his experiments?

A hint: It’s a legume that’s also in KWS’ portfolio.








200 years of Mendel

An unrecognized genius

Gregor Mendel was born on July 20, 1822, so this year marks his 200th birthday. We are dedicating a contest in all four issues of insideKWS in 2022 to the “father of modern genetics.” We explain who he was, what he found out and what his discoveries mean for us at KWS.

Mendel’s laws are familiar to all of us from biology classes. In 1856, the Augustinian monk Gregor Mendel observed red- and white-flowered plants during his crossbreeding experiments. He realized that two “heredity factors” (which we now call genes) must exist for each trait, but that only one is passed on. The dominant trait, in this case the red flower color, is expressed and not the white flower color.

Mendel’s first law is therefore: If two individuals are crossed with each other and they differ in a trait for which they are both homozygous, then the progeny of the first generation (filial generation F1) is uniform, i.e. identical with respect to the trait under investigation. This Law of Equal Segregation applies both to the external appearance (phenotype) and to the genes (genotype), which are heterozygous in all individuals of the F1 generation. |

You will not find the solution in the text on this page. You therefore need to browse in other sources, such as on the website www.gregormendel200.org or www.gregor-mendel-stiftung.de/200-jahre-gregor-mendel.

Ten prizes from KWS’ advertising media shop worth up to €40 each can be won.

Closing data for entries: August 19, 2022. The editorial team wishes you the best of luck!

Conditions of participation: Only persons who have an employment relationship with KWS on the closing date for entries, as well as retired former employees and anyone who is working in or is on a break between campaigns, are eligible to participate. By taking part in the contest, you consent to your name and photo being published in insideKWS and possibly on the KWS intranet if you win one of the prizes. To have the chance of winning one of the prizes, participants must send the right answer to the insideKWS editorial team (GMC-ESC) by e-mail or regular mail. If more than 10 correct entries are received, the winners will be decided by lots being drawn. All decisions by the organizer are final. Cash will not be payable in lieu of the prizes. The winners will be notified in writing. There is no legally enforceable right to payment of cash instead of the prize.