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Principles of Inheritance and Variation — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation3 Marks
Question
Although Mendel published his work on inheritance of characters in 1865, for several reasons, it remained unrecognised till 1900. Explain giving three reasons, why it did take so long.
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Answer

Mendel's work remained unrecognised for the following reasons:
  1. His work could not be widely publicised as communication was not easy.
  2. His concept of 'factors' as stable and discrete units that controlled the expression of traits and that the pair of alleles which did not blend with each other, were not accepted by his contemporaries as the explanation of variation.
  3. Mendel's approach of using mathematical logic to explain the biological phenomena was new and unacceptable to many biologists.
  4. Though Mendel's work suggested that factors were discrete units, he could not provide any physical proof for the existence of factors or prove what they are made of.

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