The gene : a historical perspective / by Ted Everson.

  • Everson, Ted.
Date:
2007
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Publication/Creation

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.

Physical description

xviii, 188 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm.

Contributors

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-182).

Contents

Ancient and medieval inheritance -- Renaissance and Enlightenment views of inheritance -- Heredity in the nineteenth century -- Gregor Mendel and the concept of the gene -- The gene and unifying biology -- Molecular biology and the gene -- The switch to DNA -- Manipulating DNA -- The human genome project -- Genetics today -- The gene and ethical issues.

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    History of Medicine
    AOT /EVE
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ISBN

  • 9780313334498
  • 0313334498