▁History ▁Society ▁of ▁Br ün n . ▁It ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Pro ceed ings ▁of ▁the ▁Natural ▁History ▁Society ▁of ▁Br ün n ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁paper , ▁M end el ▁compared ▁pairs ▁of ▁discrete ▁tra its : ▁ ▁Through ▁experiment ation , ▁M end el ▁discovered ▁that ▁one ▁inher itable ▁trait ▁would ▁invari ably ▁be ▁dominant ▁to ▁its ▁re cess ive ▁alternative . ▁M end el ▁laid ▁out ▁the ▁gen etic ▁model ▁later ▁known ▁as ▁M end elian ▁inheritance ▁or ▁M end elian ▁gen et ics . ▁This ▁model ▁provided ▁an ▁alternative ▁to ▁bl ending ▁inheritance , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁prev ail ing ▁theory ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁But ▁M end el ' s ▁work ▁received ▁little ▁attention ▁from ▁the ▁scientific ▁community ▁and ▁was ▁largely ▁forgotten . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁that ▁M end el ' s ▁work ▁was ▁redis cover ed ▁and ▁his ▁ideas ▁used ▁to ▁help ▁form ▁the ▁modern ▁synth esis . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁the ▁stat istic ian ▁Ron ald ▁Fish er ▁used ▁a ▁Pear son ' s ▁chi - squ ared ▁test ▁to ▁analyze ▁M end el ' s ▁data ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁M end el ' s ▁results ▁with ▁the ▁predicted ▁r ati os ▁were ▁far ▁too ▁perfect , ▁suggesting ▁that ▁adjust ments ▁( intent ional ▁or ▁un cons cious ) ▁had ▁been ▁made ▁to ▁the ▁data ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁observations ▁fit ▁the ▁hypothesis . ▁Later ▁authors ▁have ▁suggested ▁Fish