First of all, the paper concerned the early-stage indraught and general situation of modern biology in China and the contribution the returned students did for the Chinese modern biology's spread, which includes clearing the concept of biology science, establishing the basement and aim, promoting the spread of Darwinism and Mendelism in China.
首先，本文介绍了近代生物学在中国的最初引进与移植的概况及留学生对近代生物学理论在近代中国传播的贡献，包括明确生物学的概念，确立生物学发展的基础和目标，推动达尔文进化论和孟德尔遗传理论在中国的传播等。
The relevance of Mendelism to evolution was unclear and hotly debated, especially by Bateson, who opposed the biometric ideas of his former teacher Weldon.
孟德尔遗传学与进化论的相关性还不清楚，为此引起了激烈的辩论；尤其引人注目的是贝特森，他提出意见反对他以前的老师韦尔登的生物统计观念。
The biometric school, led by Karl Pearson and Walter Weldon, argued vigorously against it, saying that empirical evidence indicated that variation was continuous in most organisms, not discrete as Mendelism predicted.
由卡尔·皮尔逊和沃尔特·韦尔登带领的生物统计学派，则表示强烈反对孟德尔学说，认为实证表明在大多数生物体中变化是连续的，而不是孟德尔预测的离散变异。
The impact of Darwinism on modern biology is greater than Mendelism.
达尔文进化论对现代生物学的影响，大于孟德尔的遗传学说。