384 The Journal of Heredity 



Chronological List of Sex-Linked Characters in Drosophila Willistoni 



Racial Origin of Gregor Mendel 



liefore the war, the founder of Men- 

 flelism was usually referred to as "the 

 Austrian monk." Following the dis- 

 solution of the old monarchy, and the 

 constitution of the Czecho-Slovakia, T 

 have seen him mentioned as a Czecho- 

 slovak. Little is known of his pedi- 

 gree, and few writers have i)aid any 

 attention to it. A comment on this, in 

 a correspondence with Professor Fritz 

 Lenz of the University of Munich, 

 drew forth the following interesting 

 opinion : 



"If Mendel is now being claimed for 

 Czecho-Slovakia that is another 'im- 

 perialistic annexation' which, like so 

 many others, does not correspond to 

 the 'self-determination of peoples.' 

 Mendel was throughout of German 

 origin, of a family believed to have 

 emigrated from Bavaria. Racially, he 

 was a mixed type, presumablyy a blend 

 of nordic-alpine-dinaric, like most of 

 the population of that region. He was 

 certainly not pure Alpine in race, nor 

 a Slav in nationalitv." — P. P. 



