In Pursuit of the Gene : From Darwin to DNA /
Schwartz, James
In Pursuit of the Gene : From Darwin to DNA / James Schwartz. - 1 online resource (384 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. Viva Pangenesis -- CHAPTER 2. Reversion to the Mean -- CHAPTER 3. Galton's Disciples -- CHAPTER 4. Pangenes -- CHAPTER 5. Mendel -- CHAPTER 6. Rediscovery -- CHAPTER 7. Mendel Wars -- CHAPTER 8. Cell Biology -- CHAPTER 9. Sex Chromosomes -- CHAPTER 10. The Fly Room -- CHAPTER 11. Oenothera Reconsidered -- CHAPTER 12. X-Rays -- CHAPTER 13. Triumph of the Modern Gene -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX
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Schwartz presents the history of genetics through the eyes of a dozen or so central players, beginning with Charles Darwin and ending with Nobel laureate Hermann J. Muller. This book offers readers the background they need to understand the latest findings in genetics and those still to come in the search for the genetic basis of complex diseases and traits.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674026704 9780674043336
10.4159/9780674043336 doi
DNA--History.
Genes--History.
Genetics--History.
NATURE--General.
SCIENCE--Genomics.--Life Sciences--Genetics &
SCIENCE / History.
576.509
In Pursuit of the Gene : From Darwin to DNA / James Schwartz. - 1 online resource (384 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. Viva Pangenesis -- CHAPTER 2. Reversion to the Mean -- CHAPTER 3. Galton's Disciples -- CHAPTER 4. Pangenes -- CHAPTER 5. Mendel -- CHAPTER 6. Rediscovery -- CHAPTER 7. Mendel Wars -- CHAPTER 8. Cell Biology -- CHAPTER 9. Sex Chromosomes -- CHAPTER 10. The Fly Room -- CHAPTER 11. Oenothera Reconsidered -- CHAPTER 12. X-Rays -- CHAPTER 13. Triumph of the Modern Gene -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Schwartz presents the history of genetics through the eyes of a dozen or so central players, beginning with Charles Darwin and ending with Nobel laureate Hermann J. Muller. This book offers readers the background they need to understand the latest findings in genetics and those still to come in the search for the genetic basis of complex diseases and traits.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674026704 9780674043336
10.4159/9780674043336 doi
DNA--History.
Genes--History.
Genetics--History.
NATURE--General.
SCIENCE--Genomics.--Life Sciences--Genetics &
SCIENCE / History.
576.509