What have the Czechs ever done for us?( 2)

In this next episode of ‘ What have the Czechs ever done for us?’ we look at the work of the 19th Century monk Gregor Mendel who is now know as the father of modern genetics. In this video we ask: Why is the ‘Father of genetics’? . So how did this unassuming 19th Century Monk become an instrument used to torture biology students as well be given the title of the father of genetics? How did he come up with the laws of Mendelian Inheritance before anyone had heard of him – including Charles Darwin author of the Origin of the Species. Why did he use pea plants in his experiments? Why wasn’t his work recognised for nearly 35 years? Why did he apparently ask for all his notes and results to be burned on his death and why in the 1930s did he attract the attention and concern of the famous Statistician, R.A. Fisher, that gave rise to the Mendelian paradox – a controversy that still rages today.

Sources and credits:

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http://www.dnaftb.org/4/bio.html

https://brnoregion.com/study/articles/gregor-johann-br-mendel-s-story

References:
Fairbanks, D.J and Rytting, B. (2001) Mendelian controversies: A botanical and
historical review. American Journal of Botany 88(5): 737–752.

Fisher, R.A. Annals of Science, v. 1: 115-137 (1936)
Medina, M.N.D. (2011). The monk in the garden: The lost and found of Gregor Mendel by Robin Marantz Henig. A book review. College Research Journal, 1(1), 48-55.

Nissani, M, (1994) Psychological, Historical, and Ethical Reflections on the Mendelian Paradox Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 37: 182-196

Youtube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmSJGhPTB5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNprOzx1bZ4
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