Most our old explanations about eye color genetics came from his ideas, but more recently we've discovered that most traits don't fit neatly into Mendel's little squares because they involve several genes interacting together.
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Mandelbrot's criticism was aimed at those who model prices for shares and commodities on the assumption that one price leads directly to another and things average out in the long run.
Now if you know anything about genetics you know that simple Mendelian genetics, it looks like purple is dominant and white is recessive but we know that because of the work of Mendel.