Olby R
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
C R Acad Sci III. 2000 Dec;323(12):1043-51. doi: 10.1016/s0764-4469(00)01253-1.
In this paper I explore the historical context in which news of the rediscovery of Mendel's laws was received in England. This exploration leads me to the Cambridge zoologist, William Bateson, to his exploitation of the prestige and support of the Royal Horticultural Society, and to his interaction with certain of the leading horticultural tradesmen prominent in that society. I argue that the policy of the RHS in the 1890s to promote hybridisation rather than plant collecting was of crucial importance in bringing about a productive symbiosis between Bateson and his circle and the horticultural community. I look for parallels between the aims of the horticulturists and the character of the Mendelian programme as it is represented in Bateson's foundational text: Mendel's Principles of Heredity (1909).
在本文中，我探究了孟德尔定律重新发现的消息在英国被接受时的历史背景。这一探究将我引向了剑桥动物学家威廉·贝特森，他对皇家园艺学会的声望和支持的利用，以及他与该学会中某些杰出园艺商人的互动。我认为，皇家园艺学会在19世纪90年代推广杂交而非植物采集的政策，对于促成贝特森及其圈子与园艺界之间富有成效的共生关系至关重要。我在园艺学家的目标与贝特森的奠基性著作《孟德尔遗传原理》（1909年）中所呈现的孟德尔学说的特点之间寻找相似之处。
