Why Was Gregor Mendel's Article Forgotten?
Gregor Mendel is known as the founder or father of the science of inheritance, which has become a significant branch of science today. Mendel's reputation as the founder of the science of inheritance is based on his article Experiments on Plant Hybridization published in 1866. However, this extremely important article was ignored and unrecognized by the scientific community of the time for a long period after it was published, and was almost forgotten in time. Experiments on Plant Hybridization was noticed by only three scientists in 1900, exactly 34 years after its publication. Following being noticed, the article brought along a lot of controversy and was accepted by the scientific community after 1930 and became the leading theory in the science of inheritance. In this study, I will offer a possible answer as to why the significant article Experiments on Plant Hybridization of Mendel, who is considered as the founder of the science of inheritance, did not attract attention for a prolonged period after its publication and the reasons behind its being forgotten.
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