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Lucien Cuénot
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<p>Lucien Claude Marie Julien Cuénot (French: [keno]; 21 October 1866 – 7 January 1951) was a French biologist. In the first half of the 20th century, <a href="/facts/Mendelism/v2038wkl">Mendelism</a> was not a popular subject among French biologists. Cuénot defied popular opinion and shirked the “pseudo-sciences” as he called them. Upon the rediscovery of Mendel's work by <a href="/facts/Carl_Correns/tlAu9qeK">Correns</a>, <a href="/facts/Hugo_de_Vries/zdB9UUs2">De Vries</a>, and <a href="/facts/Erich_von_Tschermak/eM5BJEmI">Tschermak</a>, Cuénot proved that Mendelism applied to animals as well as plants. </p>