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In Pursuit of the Gene : From Darwin to DNA / James Schwartz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674026704
  • 9780674043336
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.509
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674043336

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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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