Gregor Mendel, His Experiments and Their Statistical Evaluation

0427964 - ÚI 2015 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Kalina, Jan
Gregor Mendel, His Experiments and Their Statistical Evaluation.
Acta Musei Moraviae. Scientiae biologicae = Časopis Moravského muzea. Vědy biologické. Roč. 99, č. 1 (2014), s. 87-99. ISSN 1211-8788
Institutional support: RVO:67985807
Keywords : Mendel * history of genetics * Mendel-Fisher controversy * statistical analysis * binomial distribution * numerical simulation
Subject RIV: BB - Applied Statistics, Operational Research
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Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) is now generally acknowledged as the founder of modern genetics. He was among the first to make systematic use of mathematical methods in biology, employing just the simpler rules of probability theory to work out some of the underlying laws of heredity. New explanations have been sought to avert suspicion that the figures may have been in some way idealized. The paper seeks to contribute to resolving the Mendel-Fisher controversy. An alternative statistical model for the design of Mendel’s experiments is suggested, which appears to correspond to Mendel‘s results. At the same time, the proposed model allows a very simple interpretation.
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