• Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    He also got hilariously lucky in what he was doing. It’s worth a read into the modern-day reproductions (no pun intended) of his work to see just how unlikely he was to get his results as fast as he did.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
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      3 days ago

      It’s now believed that he altered the data, since they fit the 1:3 ratios way too well for populations where each has a ¼ probability. Still, very good work considering he might not have heard of the scientific method.

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      3 days ago

      Have you got any links? A quick search didn’t show up anything in that direction, only how important Mendel was for modern genetics…