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Mendel's 1st Paper Published & Ignored

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Author: Michael J. Ryan, Ph.D.
Date: 2016-02-08 11:00:00
Blog: Palaeoblog
URL: http://palaeoblog.blogspot.com/2016/02/mendels-1st-paper-published-ignored.html

Summary:

In 1865, Gregor Mendel, who first discovered the laws of genetics, read his first scientific paper to the Brünn Society for the study of Natural Sciences in Moravia (published 1866). He described his investigations with pea plants. Although he sent 40 reprints of his article to prominent biologists throughout Europe, including Darwin, only one was interested enough to reply. Most of the

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