The Search for the Gene / / 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 transiti...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1992 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 5 halftones, 88 line drawings |
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Table of Contents:
- 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