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Mendel's work was rejected at first, and it was not widely accepted until after he died. The common belief at the time was that Darwin's theory of pangenes were responsible for inheritance. About 20 years after his death, his work was rediscovered by Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns, and Erich von Tschermak
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∙ 14y agoNo. Mendel's ideas were pretty much ignored by everybody but botanists and farmers for many years after the ideas came out, and it wasn't for many years that people actually realized that what was true for plants was also true for animals (at least in this particular case).
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∙ 11y agoGregor Mendel was successful in fields (of Peas!) that others were not, and that others had been trying to succeed for a long time before Mendel. There are many reasons for this, one being that he used true breeding plants, with easily observable characteristics, like height and colour of the Pea flowers. Also, he had much time on his hands, with little interruption as he was an Abbot, a man of peace whose life revolved around teaching others about the Catholic faith and praying (similar to a monk). Therefore he was able to carry out meticulous experiments, keep vast, detailed records, find consistent ratios involving thousands of plant-breeding experiments and pay extreme attention to detail. Others who had tried before would more than likely have been Biologists and Doctors as a career and so will have had other matters to attend to and not as much time to spend on attention to detail and meticulous experiments. Another factor is that, while being a Mentee of Christian Doppler (who later discovered the Doppler effect) Mendel studied Maths and Physics rigorously which gave him an advantage over others as his interest and knowledge of statistics helped him more in determining ratios and laws to help discover the theories for which he is famous.
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∙ 13y agoyes, because he found you can cross pea plants
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Did Mendel make a major contribution to the cell theory?
Yes. Gregor Mendels 3 Principals of Inheritance show the transmission of genetic traits.
What is mendels theory of the transfer of traits?
mendel theory transfer of traits
What has caused the theory of natural selection to change over time?
Better evidence, especially from genetics. When Charles Darwin first proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection his mechanism of heredity was dead wrong. He posited a blending type of heredity. When Gregor Mendel's work was rediscovered in about 1900 particulate inheritance was brought to the forefront of evolutionary thinking and the synthesis of the 1930's and '40's cooperated this thinking with Darwinian though to give us modern evolutionary theory.
What did Hugo de Vries discover?
Hugo de Vries is known chiefly for suggesting the concept of genes, rediscovering the laws of heredity in the 1890s while unaware of Gregor Mendel's work, for introducing the term "mutation", and for developing a mutation theory of evolution.
Who fathered the theory of independent assortment Mendel?
Gregor Mendel
What new theory did gregor mendel come up with?
The Theory of Heredity
Did Mendel make a major contribution to the cell theory?
Yes. Gregor Mendels 3 Principals of Inheritance show the transmission of genetic traits.
What important studies where carried out by Gregor Mendel?
Gregor Johann Mendel was an Austrian monk and biologist whose work on heredity became the basis of the modern theory of genetics.
What was gregor mendels theory of heredity based on?
His observations of pea plants while gardening in his monastery. He observed that some pea traits were recessive and therefore less likely to show up through pea generations and other traits were dominant and more likely to show up through generations.
Who experimented with thousands of pea plants to understand the process of heredity?
Gregor Mendel experimented with pea plants in order to understand how gene expression functions.Gregor Mendel was the person who used Pea plant in his experiments and formulated basic principals of heredity from 1854 to 1865 .He is called father of genetics .
What mendels' theory of transfer of traits?
mendel theory transfer of traits
What is mendels theory of the transfer of traits?
mendel theory transfer of traits
What is gregor Mendel's theory?
Gregor Mandals theory was to find out why peas were wrinkled and etc,
What Happened to Mendels papers when he died?
A scientist published his 'story' , theory.
What actors and actresses appeared in Advanced Film Theory with Professor Gregor - 2002?
The cast of Advanced Film Theory with Professor Gregor - 2002 includes: Nigel Christensen as Professor Gregor
What is the accepted theory of speciation?
Caralous linnaeus theory is accepted theory of speciation
What has caused the theory of natural selection to change over time?
Better evidence, especially from genetics. When Charles Darwin first proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection his mechanism of heredity was dead wrong. He posited a blending type of heredity. When Gregor Mendel's work was rediscovered in about 1900 particulate inheritance was brought to the forefront of evolutionary thinking and the synthesis of the 1930's and '40's cooperated this thinking with Darwinian though to give us modern evolutionary theory.
