In 1866, gregor mendel published his paper that described the research that led to his discovery of the laws of inheritance. more than 30 years later, his results were finally confirmed by hugo de vries and carl correns. neither scientist had heard of mendel’s work, but each was working independently on his own hypothesis about inheritance. which statement describes the relationship between multiple approaches and familiarity with similar work? scientists are more likely to explore an area of interest if they are unaware of previous research studies. older research is more likely to be forgotten, and so it might be inadvertently repeated over and over. it is necessary for multiple approaches to be used when a researcher’s findings are not immediately accepted. multiple approaches may occur because scientists develop similar interests independently of one another.