What about Mendelian Inheritance? It was initially discovered by Gregor Mendel in 1865, but it was seen as being a very narrow special case of genetics until about 1900, when de Vries, Correns and von Tschermak “rediscovered” his work. So that’s about 35 years during which the statistical laws of inheritance were published, but weren’t being used or built upon.
What about Mendelian Inheritance? It was initially discovered by Gregor Mendel in 1865, but it was seen as being a very narrow special case of genetics until about 1900, when de Vries, Correns and von Tschermak “rediscovered” his work. So that’s about 35 years during which the statistical laws of inheritance were published, but weren’t being used or built upon.