The way in which traits are passed from one generation to the next-and sometimes skip generations-was first explained by Gregor Mendel. By experimenting with pea plant breeding, Mendel developed three principles of inheritance that described the transmission of genetic traits, before anyone knew genes existed.
1. Steppe. Much of the region of Central Asia is covered by a semi-arid, treeless, mostly flat land known as the Steppe or Steppes. Part is in Europe by the Ukraine, but most is in Asia extending to eastern Mongolia. 1  Steppe Tribes.
Siberia is located in the northern-central part of Asia, largely in Russia. This vast region constituting almost all of northern Asia is an Arctic Tundra. Its proximity to the Arctic Ocean explains its presence in the tundra zone. Its natural landscape is sparsely populated amidst its vast plains.