Early history of genetics revised: New light shed on 'rediscovery' of Mendel's laws of heredity

ScienceDaily (2011-05-03) -- The early history of genetics has to be re-written in the light of new findings, new research suggests. Scientists in Europe have found out that the traditional history of the 'rediscovery' of Gregor Johann Mendel's laws of heredity in 1900 has to be adjusted and some facets have to be added.