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Velcro is used to stick together many things. Who among the following got inspiration from nature to make Velcro?

A.
Isaac Asimov
B.
Ronald Ross
C.
George Mestral
D.
Gregor Mendel

Solution:

Explanation:George Mestral:Velcro was invented by George de Mestral in 1941.He was inspired by a real-life incident when he found burrs on himself and his dog.Most impressively, Velcro was used in the first human artificial heart transplantation to hold together parts of the device.Additional InformationGregor Mendel:Gregor Mendel, a 19th-century Augustinian monk, is called the father of modern genetics.Mendel's pea plant experiments conducted between 1856 and 1863 established many of the rules of heredity, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance.Gregor Johann Mendels TheoryMendel used a number of contrasting visible characters of garden peas- round/wrinkled seeds, tall/short plants, white/violet flowers, and so on.Ronald Ross:The malaria parasite was discovered by Ronald Ross in 1897.He also received a Nobel prize in 1902 for his work on the discovery of the malaria parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito.Isaac Asimov:Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science.Books - Robot, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun

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