How we get Mendel wrong, and why it matters challenging the narrative of Mendelian genetics / Kostas Kampourakis.

Author/creator Kampourakis, Kostas
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoBoca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2024.
Descriptionpages cm
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Contents Preface: "Gregor Mendel, the first geneticist" -- Mendel was not a geneticist ahead of his time -- Mendel was a brilliant experimentalist of his time -- Speculating about heredity -- The path to genetics -- The reification of the "lonely genius" -- Mendel's great defender -- Chromosomes, "factors" and genes -- "Mendelian" eugenics -- Geneticists' attitudes towards "Mendelian" eugenics -- Mendelian genetics and the Nazi racial hygiene -- Conclusions: Emending the teaching of school genetics.
Abstract "This book illustrates that the stereotypical representations of Gregor Mendel and his work misrepresent his findings and their historical context. The author sets the historical record straight and provides scientists with a reference guide to the respective scholarship in the early history of genetics"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2023036439
ISBN9781032456911 (hardback)
ISBN9781032456904 (paperback)
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