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Question
Mendel published his work on inheritance of characters in 1865, but it remained unrecognised till 1900. Give three reasons for the delay in accepting his work.
Solution
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Lack of communication and publicity.
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His concept of factors (genes) as discrete units that did not blend with each other was not accepted in the light of variations occurring continuously in nature.
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Mendel’s approach to explain biological phenomenon with the help of mathematics was also not accepted.
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