Tuesday 25 June 2013

Mendel's nightmare

 
Some nights Gregor woke up all the other monks with his screams.
 
 
The father of modern genetics, Gregor Mendel is such an admirable figure, growing 29,000 pea plants in his monastery garden and observing colour (green or yellow), skins (wrinkled or smooth) and other characteristics. He discovered precise rules of inheritance - a dream come true. But what if.......
 

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