His experiments brought forth two generalizations which later became known as Mendel's Laws of Heredity. Ironically, when Mendel's paper was published on 1866, it had little impact. It wasn't until the early 20th century that the enormity of hisideas was realized. Mendel's Law of Segregation Mendel's hypothesis essentially has four parts. In a nutshell, this is the concept of alleles.
Alleles are different versions of genes that impart the same characteristic.
This references meiosis when the chromosome count is changed from the diploid number to the haploid number. The genes are sorted into separate gametes, ensuring variation. The most important principle of Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment is that the emergence of one trait will not effect the emergence of another. Mendel's findings allowed other scientists to simplify the emergence of traits to mathematical probability. A large portion of Mendel's spectacular findings can be traced to his proper usage of the scientific method.