After winning independence from Mexico in 1836, the Republic of Texaspetitioned the United States for annexation. ... In the end, annexation was one of the leading causes of the Mexican-American War. Perhaps an even more contentious issue had to dowith slavery. Many settlers in Texas were slave owners.
After winning independence from Mexico in 1836, the Republic of Texas petitioned the United States for annexation. ... In the end, annexation was one of the leading causes of the Mexican-American War. Perhaps an even more contentious issue had to do with slavery. Many settlers in Texas were slave owners.
The correct answer is: Mendel developed his laws of heredity.
The publication in 1866 of the laws formulated by Mendel on<em> the heredity of characters in sexual reproduction </em>was contemporaneous with the evolutionary hypothesis developed by Darwin in his book <em>On the origin of species by means of natural selection </em>in 1859.