Bateson's book in 1894 was about what area of study?
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Genetics is the study of how living things inherit traits from their parents. Bateson's book, Mendel's Principles of Heredity, was published in 1894 and was one of the first books to explain the basic principles of genetics. Bateson's work was based on the research of Gregor Mendel, who had conducted experiments on pea plants in the 1860s.
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