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Autore |
Schwartz James <1955-> |
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Titolo |
In pursuit of the gene : from Darwin to DNA / / James Schwartz |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Genetics - History |
Genes - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-348) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Schwartz presents the history of genetics through the eyes of a dozen or so central players, beginning with Charles Darwin and ending with Nobel laureate Hermann J. Muller. This book offers readers the background they need to understand the latest findings in genetics and those still to come in the search for the genetic basis of complex diseases and traits. |
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