Although they were not completely unknown to biologists of the time, they were not seen as generally applicable, even by Mendel himself, who thought they only applied to certain categories of species or traits.
Aínda que non foron completamente descoñecidas polos biólogos do seu tempo, non parecía que fosen aplicables xeneralizadamente, e mesmo o propio Mendel, pensaba que só se aplicaban a certos tipos de especies ou caracteres.