Mendel in Genetics Teaching: Some Contributions from History of Science and Articles for Teachers

School science descriptions about Mendel and his story are problematic because several statements that are controversial among historians of science are repeated over and over again as if they were established facts. Another problem is the neglect of other scientists working on inheritance in the second half of the nineteenth century, including Darwin, Spencer, Galton, Nageli, Brooks, Weismann and de Vries, who paved the way for the...