Question: What was the immediate fate of Mendel's 1865 publication of his pea plant experiments? Need assignment help? Group of answer choices He received universal praise and the science of genetics was born. It was immediately condemned as anti-religious and banned by the Catholic Church. He was accused of fraud and fudging his data. It was mostly ignored for over 30 years. It was likely read carefully by Charles Darwin, because it reinforced his belief in "blending" inheritance.