In pursuit of the gene : from Darwin to DNA / James Schwartz.

  • Schwartz, James, 1955-
Date:
2008
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008.

Physical description

xiii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-348) 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.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9780674026704
  • 0674026705