Question

Three Mark Questions :
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.

Answer 1

The reasons for the delay in acceptance of Mendel's work are as follows -

• His mathematical approach to working out biological problems was strange for other scientists.
  
• The mind of biologists was pre-occupied with Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
  
• He published it in a journal that had limited circulation.
  
• His work was ahead of his time.