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.
Because Central Asia is not buffered by a large body of water, temperature fluctuations are severe, outside the sunny, hot summer months. In most areas the climate is dry and continental, with hot summers and cool to cold winters, with occasional snowfall.