Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology · 1985 · 76 citations · 0 references
BiologyHumanitiesHistory Of ScienceSingle PrincipleFitnessSex DeterminationSeptember 27Natural SciencesEvolutionary BiologyEntomologySexual SelectionArtsMendelian InheritanceIntellectual HistoryGregor Mendel
On September 27, 1870, Gregor Mendel wrote to the famous botanist Nägeli in Zurich. In his letter, he suggested that sex determination might prove to be a phenomenon of heredity and segregation. But, as with his previous discovery of the principles of heredity, no attention was paid to his idea.