The lesser-known Mendel: his experiments on Hieracium.
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The year 2006 is the 140th anniversary of Mendel’s pathbreaking article. It is appropriate that a journal devoted to genetics begin the year with an article about Mendel and his work. Much has been written about his deep insights and the failure of the biological community to recognize his work. Here, on this anniversary, instead of extolling his success, we present a scholarly account of Mendel’s frustrating attempts to repeat his findings in another species, which, unbeknownst to him, reproduced apomictically. J. F. Crow and W. F. Dove
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Genetics
دوره 172 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006