In Pursuit of the Gene : From Darwin to DNA / James Schwartz.
Schwartz, James, author.
2009
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Title In Pursuit of the Gene : From Darwin to DNA / James Schwartz.
Author Schwartz, James, author.
ISBN 9780674043336
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674043336
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2008
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (384 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674043336 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification 576.509
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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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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