2. Reasons for being discovered many years later:

The pea hybridization experiment was carried out from 1856 to 1864 * * for 8 years. Mendel published his research results in the form of his paper "Plant Hybridization Experiment", but it failed to attract the attention of academic circles at that time! There are three reasons.

First, seven years before the publication of Mendel's paper (1859), Darwin's masterpiece "The Origin of Species" was published. This book has aroused the interest of the scientific community, and almost all biologists have turned to the discussion of biological evolution. This may have played a decisive role in the fate of Mendel's thesis.

Second, the scientific community at that time lacked the ideological basis for understanding Mendel's law. First of all, the scientific thought of that era did not include the proposition put forward by Mendel's paper: heredity is not the whole picture of an individual, but personality. Secondly, the expression of Mendel's thesis is brand-new. He combined biology with statistics and mathematics, making it difficult for contemporary naturalists to understand the true meaning of the paper.

Third, some authorities, out of prejudice or incomprehension, regard Mendel's research as a general hybridization experiment, which is not much different from what others have done.

In his later years, Mendel confidently said to his good friend Geser, a professor of geodesy at Bruen Institute of Advanced Technology, "Look, my time has come." This sentence became a great prophecy. It was not until Mendel's death 16, 34 years after the pea experiment paper was officially published, and 43 years after the pea experiment, the prediction became a reality.

3. Personality revelation:

Mendel's process of revealing the basic laws of heredity shows that the achievement of any scientific research requires not only tenacious will and persistent spirit of exploration, but also rigorous and realistic scientific attitude and correct research methods.