Question

Which of the following was not a cause for Mendel’s lack of instant popularity?

(a) Darwin’s theory of Natural selection

(b) His experimental model being rare

(c) His ideas of using statistics being beyond his time

(d) His article was published in less known journal

I had been asked this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

Origin of the question is Mendel’s Experimental Designs topic in section Mendelian Genetics of Cytogenetics

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) His experimental model being rare

To elaborate: Garden pea was an excellent model which was not only readily available but also easy too be grown and carry out experiments on. However, the other reasons as mentioned seriously contributed at Mendel not becoming an instant success.