Article ID: CBB665407295

Mendel's Manuscript of 'Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden': The (Never) Ending Story? (2010)

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The rediscovery‘ of Mendel‘s work (1900) stirred much curiosity in the life and work of the Moravian scientist. Many scholars were convinced that his manuscripts, especially the result sheets of his plant experiments and/or diaries, would be crucial for a better understanding of his research. In the first years of the 20th century, Mendel‘s experimental papers were assumed to be possibly kept in three locations: i. in the Augustinian monastery (Brno/Brünn) where he used to be the abbot, ii. at the Natural History Society (Brno) whose member he was, and iii. with his relatives, especially both of his nephews. Before 1910, only one manuscript of J. G. Mendel most important and famous work, Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden [Experiments on Plant Hybridization], was identified. The story of this manuscript, which was repeatedly lost and found, has lately attracted much interest. It seems therefore important that some historical facts surrounding these events be corrected based on new archival evidence.

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Authors & Contributors
Corcos, Alain F.
Monaghan, Floyd V.
Müller-Wille, Staffan
Orel, Vítězslav
Campbell, Margaret
Frolov, I. T.
Journals
History of Science
Journal of Heredity
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Method
Publishers
Hoepli
Codice Edizioni
Concepts
Genetics
Mendel's law
Experiments and experimentation
Heredity
Methodology of science; scientific method
Manuscripts
People
Mendel, Gregor Johann
Darwin, Charles Robert
Gärtner, Carl Friedrich
Kölreuter, Joseph Gottlieb
Linnaeus, Carolus
Newton, Isaac
Time Periods
19th century
12th century
13th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Czech Republic
Moravia
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