The founding work of genetics went unnoticed for 34 years.

1866 · 1900 · apart: 34 years

Mendel published his laws in 1866 in a provincial natural history journal, and the world learned of them only in 1900, when three botanists rediscovered them almost at once.

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• Mendel's peas1866 · Brno. Augustinian friar Gregor Mendel spent eight years crossing peas in his monastery garden and worked out the laws of heredity. A local natural history journal printed his paper, which went almost uncited for 34 years until three botanists independently rediscovered it in 1900.

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