Open AccessRevision of Fisher's Analysis of Mendel's Garden Pea Experiments
Author(s) -
Charles E. Novitski
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1534/genetics.166.3.1139
Subject(s) - assertion , biology , heterozygote advantage , genetics , allele , gene , computer science , programming language
R. A. Fisher ([1936][1]) made the assertion that the data in Mendel's experiments with garden peas ([Mendel 1866][2]) were too close to expectation. One of the most striking examples seemed to be the six experiments with plant characters designed to test the theoretical 2:1 ratio of heterozygotes (
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