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The emergence of genetics from Festetics’ sheep through Mendel’s peas to Bateson’s chickens

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We thank Lisa Hirte Muszynski for critical reading of the manuscript and valuable comments on an earlier version. Péter Poczai acknowledges the support of iASK, OECD CRP Grant, the British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) Grant, and the LUOMUS Trigger Fund.

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  1. BioDatLab, Bartók Béla u. 13, Balatonfüred,  8230, Hungary

    Attila T. Szabó

  2. Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, PO Box 7, Helsinki, Finland

    Péter Poczai

  3. Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, 6500 GL, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Péter Poczai

  4. Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK), PO Box 4, Kőszeg,  9731, Hungary

    Péter Poczai

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Szabó, A.T., Poczai, P. The emergence of genetics from Festetics’ sheep through Mendel’s peas to Bateson’s chickens. J Genet 98, 63 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-019-1108-z

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