Was Gregor Mendel's theory of heredity accepted?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

No. 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).

Answer 3

Gregor 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.

Answer 4

yes, because he found you can cross pea plants

Answer 5

no