NEETZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation
In what year did Mendel publish his work on the inheritance of characters?
Options
- A1850
- B1865
- C1900
- D1902
Correct answer
B. 1865
Step-by-step solution
Mendel published his work on inheritance of characters in 1865 but for several reasons, it remained unrecognized till 1900. Firstly, communication was not easy (as it is now) in those days and his work could not be widely publicized. Secondly, his concept of genes (or factors, in Mendel’s words) as stable and discrete units that controlled the expression of traits and, of the pair of alleles which did not ‘blend’ with each other, was not accepted by his contemporaries as an explanation for the apparently continuous