Question

Which one of the following statements correctly describes a reason for non-recognition of Mendels work?

• A. He did not back up his findings with mathematical data and interpretations.
• B. He was outspoken and heavily coerced people into believing his findings.
• C. The journal wherein he published his findings had limited circulation.
• D. He did not perform the correct steps for hybridisation experiments.

Answer 1

The correct option is C The journal wherein he published his findings had limited circulation.

Mendel's work remained unknown to the scientific world for a very long period of time. It was due to many reasons such as:

• Limited circulation of the journal wherein his findings were published
• Contemporaries believed in 'Blending theory' and did not accept his results. Blending theory stated that offsprings showed blending of characters and the characteristics of the offspring were intermediate of those present in parents.
• Usage of mathematics to explain biological phenomena unaccepted and misunderstood.
• ​​​​​​​He was asked to show the physical existence of “factors” which we now call genes.