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/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fitter-Families-contestants-at-Georgia-State-Fair_1924.jpg18001125Base Pairs podcast The early 1900s was an exciting time to study genetics. Gregor Mendel’s famous laws of genetics had just been rediscovered at the turn of the century, giving rise to a field rich with untold truths about the nature of life. Yet it was during this period that the bogus concept of hereditary...