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It is known that the basic laws of classical genetics were discovered using higher plants. Both Mendel and Correns worked with sporophytes of higher plants (Pisum sativum, Mirabilis jalapa) when they discovered (or re-discovered) the so-called Mendelian Laws. More recently, the main body of information about molecular genetics was predominantly obtained with phages, bacteria and molds. The laws which were discovered with these so-called lower organisms have been extrapolated to higher multicellular systems, including man. No scientist will doubt that such an extrapolation is justified in principle.
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Mohr, H. (1972). Genes and Environment. In: Lectures on Photomorphogenesis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65418-3_23
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