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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823592003321

Autore

Sapp Jan

Titolo

Beyond the gene : cytoplasmic inheritance and the struggle for authority in genetics / / Jan Sapp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1987

ISBN

1-280-53325-0

9786610533251

0-19-536468-6

1-4294-0148-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology

Disciplina

575.1/09

Soggetti

Cytoplasmic inheritance

Cytogenetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Montreal, 1984).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. 235-255.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Defining the Organism; Chapter 2. Constructing Heredity; Chapter 3. Challenging the Nuclear Monopoly of the Cell in Germany; Chapter 4. T. M. Sonneborn: Making Plasmagenes in America; Chapter 5. Boris Ephrussi and the Birth of Genetics in France; Chapter 6. The Cold War in Genetics; Chapter 7. Problems with ""Master Molecules""; Chapter 8. Patterns of Power; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

1. Defining the Organism. 2. Constructing Heredity. 3. Challenging the Nuclear Monopoly of the Cell in Germany. 4. T.M. Sonneborn: Making Plasmagenes in America. 5. Boris Ephrussi and the Birth of Genetics in France. 6. The Cold War in Genetics. 7. Problems with ""Master Molecules"". 8. Patterns of Power