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Gregor Mendel worked out the basic laws of inheritance by breeding pea plants in a monastery garden, and published in 1866. His paper was almost entirely ignored until sixteen years after his death.

Gregor Mendel (1822–1884)

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He grew and counted some 28,000 pea plants over eight years, tracking traits like flower colour and seed shape, and found they were passed on in clean mathematical ratios. The work was rigorous and quantitative, which is precisely why the naturalists of the day did not know what to do with it. He was elected abbot and administration swallowed the rest of his life. In 1900 three separate botanists rediscovered his paper independently, and modern genetics started from it.

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Gregor Mendel, bir manastır bahçesinde bezelye yetiştirerek kalıtımın temel yasalarını çözdü ve 1866'da yayımladı. Makalesi, ölümünden on altı yıl sonrasına dek neredeyse tümüyle görmezden gelindi.
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)

Sekiz yıl boyunca yaklaşık 28.000 bezelye bitkisi yetiştirip saydı, çiçek rengi ve tohum biçimi gibi özellikleri izledi ve bunların temiz matematiksel oranlarla aktarıldığını buldu. Çalışma titiz ve niceldi; dönemin doğa bilimcilerinin onunla ne yapacağını bilememesinin nedeni tam da buydu. Başrahip seçildi ve yönetim işleri ömrünün geri kalanını yuttu. 1900'de üç ayrı botanikçi makalesini birbirinden bağımsız olarak yeniden keşfetti ve modern genetik ondan başladı.

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