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Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (born 1817)

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Carl Nägeli

Swiss botanist (1817–1891)

Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli was a Swiss botanist. He studied cell division and pollination but became known as the man who discouraged Gregor Mendel from further work on genetics. He rejected natural selection as a mechanism of evolution, favouring orthogenesis driven by a supposed…
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May 10

Day of the year

May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 235 days remain until the end of the year.
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