Article
Tschermak: a non-discoverer of mendelism. II. A critique.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Monaghan F V, Corcos A F
Abstract excerpt
An examination of Tschermak's two papers of 1900 not only reinforces our conclusion cited in our first paper on Tschermak that he was not a rediscoverer of Mendelism, but also he did not understand Mendel when he had read it. His concept of dominance differed from that of Mendel, and his use of h...
Topics
- Crosses, Genetic
- Fabaceae
- Genes, Dominant
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetics
- Genotype
- Germany
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- Phenotype
- Plants, Medicinal