Mendel published his work on inheritance of characters in 1865, but is remained unrecognized till 1900. Give three reasons for the delay in accepting his work.

Explanation

The following are the three reasons that led to delay in accepting. Mendel's work,
i) Lack of communication and publicity.
ii) His concept of factors (genes) as discrete units that did not blend with each other was not accepted in the light of variations occuring continuously in nature.
iii) Mendel's approach to explain biological phenomenon with the help of mathematics was also not accepted.