'There is no doubting the centrality today of Mendel’s ideas in evolutionary biology. The current theory’s foundation, the modern synthesis, depends arguably as much on Mendel as it does on Darwin. The 200th anniversary of Mendel’s birth is thus an appropriate moment for both reevaluating and celebrating his legacy in evolutionary biology.'

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2122144119