> The story that I heard was that Mendel thought he had gotten
> contamination in his crosses from pollen of other plants, so he kept
> trying until the results fit his expectations, assuming he had finally
> gotten uncontaminated pollination, i.e., all hand pollination. This seems
> a reasonable explanation for selecting the results he did for publication.
> Janice
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