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Letter to the Editor

Dear Sir

We were sorry to see Colin Tudge perpetuating the myth that Darwin “had Mendel’s account on his desk, but failed to cut the pages” (Newsletter 46), for which there is not a shred of evidence. It would be an interesting exercise in the theory of rumours to discover where this one originated.

A. W. F. Edwards

Milo Keynes