Did Mendel Fudge His Results?
Gregor Mendel was a 19th Century monk who discovered the laws of inheritance
(dominant and recessive genes etc.). More recent analysis of his results
suggest that they are "too good to be true". Mendelian inheritance involves
the random selection of possible traits from parents, with particular
probabilities of particular traits. It seems from Mendel's raw data that
chance played a smaller part in his experiments than it should. This does
not imply fraud on the part of Mendel.
First, the experiments were not "blind". Deciding whether a particular pea
is wrinkled or not needs judgment, and this could bias Mendel's results
towards the expected. This is an example of the "experimenter effect".
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