Mendel's legacy : the origin of classical genetics / Elof Axel Carlson.

Author/creator Carlson, Elof Axel
Format Book
Publication InfoCold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxix, 332 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects
Genetics--history.
Genetic Processes.
Genetic Research--history.

Contents What is classical genetics? -- Routes to classical genetics: evolution -- Routes to classical genetics: cytology -- Routes to classical genetics: embryology and reproduction -- Routes to classical genetics: breeding and hybrid formation -- The rise of the American university -- The sex chromosomes -- The rediscovery of Mendelism -- The chromosome theory of heredity -- The predominance of plant breeding to 1910 -- Maize genetics and the popularization of genetics -- Animal genetics in the first decade of the twentieth century -- Morgan and fruit fly genetics -- Forming the fly lab: contributions of A.H. Sturtevant and C.B. Bridges -- Forming the fly lab: contributions of H.J. Muller -- Drosophila genetics after 1915 -- Darwinism, mendelism, and the new synthesis -- Classical genetics to the mid-twentieth century -- Classical genetics and one-celled organisms -- Classical genetics in the service of politics -- Classical genetics and human genetics -- The future and significance of classical genetics -- Classical genetics and the history of science.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003023295
ISBN0879696753 (hardcover : alk. paper) :

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