Essence and origin of Mendel’s discovery

Orel, V.; Wood, R. J.

doi:10.1016/s0764-4469(00)01266-x

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“…Soon this society became an important melting pot creating a multicultural and interdisciplinary scientific community, which shaped pre-Mendelian heredity research [41]. Sheep breeders, factory owners, businessmen, economists, and academics in Brno-united by their common interest in wool-began discussing how they might increase production and quality [42]; [43] (p. [57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70]. They were seeking a scientific basis for breeding by drawing knowledge from several fields to unify them into one interdisciplinary study.…”

Section: Creative Philanthropy: Setting the Stage For Industrial And Scientific Revolutionmentioning

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How Political Repression Stifled the Nascent Foundations of Heredity Research before Mendel in Central European Sheep Breeding Societies

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The nineteenth century was a time of great economic, social, and political change. The population of a modernizing Europe began demanding more freedom, which in turn propelled the ongoing discussion on the philosophy of nature. This spurred on Central European sheep breeders to debate the deepest secrets of nature: the transmission of traits from one generation to another. Scholarly questions of heredity were profoundly entwined with philosophy and politics when particular awareness of “the genetic laws of nature” claimed natural equality. The realization that the same rules of inheritance may apply to all living beings frightened both the absolutist political power and the divided society of the day. Many were not prepared to separate religious questions from novel natural phenomena. Open-minded breeders put their knowledge into practice right away to create sheep with better wool traits through inbreeding and artificial selection. This was viewed, however, as the artificial modification of nature operating against the cultural and religious norms of the day. Liberal attempts caught the attention of the secret police and, consequently, the aspirations of scholars were suppressed by political will during approximately 1820–1850.

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Section: Creative Philanthropy: Setting the Stage For Industrial And Scientific Revolutionmentioning

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How Political Repression Stifled the Nascent Foundations of Heredity Research before Mendel in Central European Sheep Breeding Societies

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“…But the question should be: what is inherited and how [17] ?” He was effectively formulating the topic of the plant genetic research later to be carried out by Mendel. Inspired by this, Nestler called for crossing experiments specifically designed to address these ideas [18] , [19] , and included the word “heredity” in the title of a book he published in 1837 [20] .…”

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Imre Festetics and the Sheep Breeders' Society of Moravia: Mendel's Forgotten “Research Network”

2014

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“…In fact, it was at that time that the field of genetics was born. Mendelian genetics permits plant breeders to develop stronger and weed‐ and pest‐resistant hybrid plants 1. In 1913 it could be demonstrated that genes are irreducible units of information lined up on the chromosomes, the threadlike bodies in the nucleus of the cells 2.…”

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2011: 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Genetic Code

Erdmann

Barciszewski

2011

Angew Chem Int Ed

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On May 27, 1961 Nirenberg and Matthaei performed an in vitro translation experiment in which bacterial ribosomes were supplemented with a fraction of low‐molecular‐weight RNAs; they demonstrated that polyuridilic acid codes for polyphenylalanine—the first information on the genetic code. This Essay recalls the major achievements prior to the discovery of the genetic code, the experiments leading to its identification, and the developments in the field of molecular biology thereafter.

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Essence and origin of Mendel’s discovery

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

How Political Repression Stifled the Nascent Foundations of Heredity Research before Mendel in Central European Sheep Breeding Societies

How Political Repression Stifled the Nascent Foundations of Heredity Research before Mendel in Central European Sheep Breeding Societies

Imre Festetics and the Sheep Breeders' Society of Moravia: Mendel's Forgotten “Research Network”

2011: 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Genetic Code

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