In pursuit of the gene : from Darwin to DNA
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
In pursuit of the gene : from Darwin to DNA
AUTHOR:
Schwartz, James, 1955-
ISBN:
9780674026704
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xiii, 370 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
Viva pangenesis -- Reversion to the mean -- Galton’s disciples -- Pangenes -- Mendel -- Rediscovery -- Mendel wars -- Cell biology -- Sex chromosomes -- The fly room -- Oenothera reconsidered -- X-rays -- Triumph of the modern gene.
SUBJECT:
| Genetics -- History |
| Genes -- History |
| DNA -- History |