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I've got a genetics test tomorrow morning so instead of studying, I'm on ah.com. But it's got me thinking, what would happen to the field of biology if Gregor Mendel's work was 'discovered' within his own time? I've heard it said that Mendel's paper was in Darwin's library when Darwin died, apparently never read. As a POD, let's say Darwin chances across Mendel's work and sees the importance of it, and uses his own clout to publicize Mendel's work, within Mendel's own lifetime. How does this change things?