The laws of inheritance form the foundation of classical genetics. Who among the following first described the laws of inheritance?

Correct option is A

The correct answer is option (a) Gregor Mendel

• Gregor Mendel is known as the father of genetics.
• He discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance through his work on pea plants, outlining the principles of dominance, segregation, and independent assortment, which form the basis of classical genetics.
  

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•  Dmitri Mendeleev :- A Russian chemist best known for creating the Periodic Table of elements.
•  Alfred Russel Wallace :- A British naturalist who co-developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
•  Charles Darwin :- Developed the theory of evolution by natural selection, but did not describe the laws of inheritance. His work laid the groundwork for evolutionary biology, though genetics was later explained by Mendel.