The Search for the Gene / / Bruce Wallace.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Wallace, Bruce,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 5 halftones, 88 line drawings
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Like Begets Like . . . --; 2. Ages of Reason --; 3. Gregor Mendel --; 4. The Chromosome Connection --; 5. Clinching the Chromosome Theory: The Morgan School --; 6. Chromosome Chemistry --; 7. Molecules of Authority --; 8. The Double Helix --; 9. The Genetic Code and Related Matters --; 10. The Control of Gene Action --; 11. A Potpourri of Gene Manipulations --; 12. Know Thy(DNA)self! --; 13. Epilogue --; References --; Selected Readings --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501717345; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501717345
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bruce Wallace.

From Gregor Mendel's experiments on garden peas to the mammoth Human Genome Project of today—how did we get where we are in the science of genetics? In this intriguing book, Bruce Wallace examines the concept of the gene and recounts the history of genetic research, providing a concise transition from genetics to modern molecular biology.