PLoS Biology (Jul 2022)

The deceptive simplicity of mendelian genetics

  • Aoife McLysaght

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 7

Abstract

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Mendel, a genius experimentalist, meticulously uncovered the genetic basis of heredity in work that transformed the science of biology. But does the alluring simplicity of Mendel’s laws sometimes obscure the true complexity of genetics? Gregor Mendel meticulously uncovered the genetic basis of heredity in work that transformed the science of biology. But does the alluring simplicity of Mendel’s laws sometimes obscure the true complexity of genetics?