Mendelian inheritance of colour of flower in the culinary pea Pink-flowered race (left), White-flowered race (right), Cross between the two, (centre). From 'Breeding and Mendelian Discovery', AD Darbishire, (London, 1912). Austrian monk Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) read his paper on 'Plant Hybridisation' in 1865, but it went unnoticed for 34 years. Mendel's Laws of Inheritance or Mendelism formed the basis of later studies in genetics.

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Mendelian inheritance of colour of flower in the culinary pea Pink-flowered race (left), White-flowered race (right), Cross between the two, (centre). From 'Breeding and Mendelian Discovery', AD Darbishire, (London, 1912). Austrian monk Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) read his paper on 'Plant Hybridisation' in 1865, but it went unnoticed for 34 years. Mendel's Laws of Inheritance or Mendelism formed the basis of later studies in genetics.

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