Mendel's reaction to Darwin's provisional hypothesis of pangenesis and the experiment that could not wait.

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Department of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.

Published: July 2022

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