What led to scientists accepting Mendel's ideas?

1 Answer
Jan 29, 2018

Reasons for accepting Mendel's ideas:

Explanation:

  • Mendel applied statistical methods and logics for analysing his results.

  • He kept accurate records of his experiment, giving all details of number and type of individuals, which are a necessity in genetic studies .

  • He did experiment on number of plants so chance of errors are little in large samples.

  • He tried to formulate theoretical explanation for the observed results.