Mendel and His Peas

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Mendel and His Peas

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Oct 12, 2015

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In 1865 Gregor Mendel pulled together his work on heredity in peas and produced a paper which he read to a group of his peers. Unfortunately for Mendel, the world would't be ready to listen until decades after his death.

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Oct 12, 2015

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Everything you wanted to know about evolution by natural selection in short, easy to digest, episodes. Hosted, and produced by writer Rick Coste.

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Mendel and His Peas

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