Thomas Andrew Knight (1759 - 1838)
Thomas Andrew Knight (1759 - 1838) like Gregor Mendel,
observed mixed ratios in the offspring of crosses between peas
with different phenotypes, but unlike Mendel did not count
the numerical results. Knight was well-known as a
horticulturist, and is cited extensively in Darwin's "Variation
in Plants and Animals" for his work on animal and
plant and hybrids, but not on peas. Knight's work is discussed
by Conrad
Zirkle as one of Mendel's intellectual
predecessors.
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