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| Pisum sativum Credit: imageBROKER/Alamy |
Some genetic discoveries engender mysteries that are not solved for many years.
An example was recently reported (Century-old genetics mystery of Mendel’s peas finally solved, 23 April 2025).
Only important discoveries are reported, because what makes a discovery important is the importance of who makes the discovery.
II. Background
It was reported here on Dredd blog that a discovery of a "genetic constant" or two was discovered (On The Origin Of A Genetic Constant, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; On The Origin Of Another Genetic Constant, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Crickets on the internet ensued.
Thus, it wasn't an important discovery because of you know what (see video below).
So I am going to do some good trouble and Pisum off a bit by pointing out that the Dredd Blog constant is also in the genome of Mendel's Pisum sativum.
In the two Genetic Constant series linked to above, I presented a lot of HTML files detailing atom counts in very different species.
So, here is the Pea plant species DNA (updated) showing the ~(32/35/25/6) constant.
| Atom | Atom Count | Percent |
| Carbon | 1,169,218,958 | 32.48 |
| Hydrogen | 1,290,834,093 | 35.86 |
| Nitrogen | 896,540,617 | 24.91 |
| Oxygen | 243,135,277 | 6.75 |
| Totals | 3,599,728,945 | 100.00 |
III. Closing Comments
Review some of the previous constants ("Genetic Constants") linked to in Section II above, remembering that DNA sequencing is not perfect.
The DNA collecting and recording is not always an exact match, so the constants don't always match perfectly either.
But the constant's closeness tells us that atomic ~(32/35/25/6) constants in the genes of myriad biological species is also a mystery.
But Eugenics is not, so stay away from it (On The Origin of Genieology, Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand).
The previous post in this series is here.
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