Body remains of abbot Gregor Johann Mendel

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Authors

DROZDOVÁ Eva FIALOVÁ Dana CHOCHOLOVÁ Eva NOVOTNÁ Kateřina ŠENOVSKÁ Anna BRZOBOHATÁ Kristýna SARVAŠOVÁ Romana FALK Lenka PEŠKA Marek ZŮBEK Antonín POSPÍŠILOVÁ Šárka DOUBEK Michael PARDY Filip

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Folia mendeliana
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Web webová adresa časopisu Folia Mendeliana
Keywords Gregor Johann Mendel; skeletal remains; anthopology; palaeogenetics
Description In the occasion of the 200th anniversary of birth an interdisciplinary research of skeletal remains of Gregor Johann Mendel (buried at Central cemetery in Brno) was carried out by a team of researchers coming from Masaryk University. The aim of the research is to perform a complex survey of the skeletal remains found in the Augustinian tomb. The main focus is concentrated on identification of the person of Gregor Mendel, on evaluation of biological traits of his body (via his skeletal remains) and on obtaining a evaluating his genetical information. Archaeological and anthropological field research at the Central Cemetery of Brno pass in period from June 6 to June 30 2021 including exhumation of body remains from found coffins. All excavated skeletons and mummified tissues were further explored in the laboratory using anthropological and genetic methods. Anthropological and genetical evaluation of the skeletal remains of Abbot Mendel brought new information on his body parameters.

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