Mendel reasoned that each parent had a 'vote' in the appearance of the offspring, and the non-dominant, or recessive, trait appeared only when it was inherited from both parents. He did further experiments that showed each trait is separately inherited. Unwittingly, Mendel had solved a major problem with Charles Darwin's theory of evolution: how new traits were preserved and not blended back into the population, a question Darwin himself did not answer. Mendel's work was published in an obscure Austrian journal and was not rediscovered until about 1900.
mendel reasoned that each parent had a 'vote' in the appearance of the offspring and the non-dominant or recessive trait appeared only when it was inherited from both parents he did further experiments that showed each trait is separately inherited unwittingly mendel had solved a major problem with charles darwin's theory of evolution how new traits were preserved and not blended back into the population a question darwin himself did not answer mendel's work was published in an obscure austrian journal and was not rediscovered until about 1900