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Checking a statistical validity of Mendel's experiments, Fisher observed their extraordinary exactness. This inference started extensive discussion about sources of this statistical phenomenon. It seems that experiments had been only a demonstration of an a priori developed theory of a particular inheritance. Therefore Mendel had no reason for statistical processing of his results.
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Vítězslav Orel (1968) studied this question.
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