ABSTRACT
Early investigators of “the lore of heredity” rejected the constancy of the race and elaborated a theoretical framework of individual potency, which treated heredity as a natural phenomenon influenced by the environment. They left an indelible impact on many people who Mendel was destined to rely on for advice and direction. No specifically established association had corroborated the existence of heredity more clearly, nor raised more doubts about it. Brno had been the hotspot of these debates, just before Mendel entered the monastery. He must have benefitted from all of this at the time he began his experiments. According to Nestler, Napp has cast the seed of this question onto the proper soil. This atmosphere of enquiry about heredity was perfectly suited to Mendel; thus, the seed of “the lore of heredity” gradually developed into “the luxuriant fruit of science.”
