alleryStart learning →Mendel's work was ignored in his own lifetime. In which year was it rediscovered?
A1900
B1866
C1868
D1910
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. 1900
1. Mendel published in 1866 and became abbot in 1868, after which he gave up his research.
2. His work was not rediscovered, reproduced and revitalised until 1900.
3. The scientists who rediscovered it were close to finding the chromosomal basis of heredity.
4. So 1866 and 1868 are publication and career dates, not the rediscovery.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 "Mendel's Experiments and Heredity", section 12.1 Mendel's Experiments and the Laws of Probability_
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