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Scientists finally solve the 160-year-old problem of Mendel’s peas

In 1900, 16 years after Mendel’s death, three scientists realised that Mendel had answered the question of whether some traits of the parents are passed on to their offspring more frequently than others

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Feng, C., Chen, B., Hofer, J. et al, ‘Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes’, Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08891-6

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