02539nam 22006614a 450 991077801600332120230721022425.00-674-04333-210.4159/9780674043336(CKB)1000000000787178(OCoLC)647823690(CaPaEBR)ebrary10312768(SSID)ssj0000177728(PQKBManifestationID)12020346(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177728(PQKBWorkID)10217836(PQKB)10330161(SSID)ssj0001514895(PQKBManifestationID)12621937(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001514895(PQKBWorkID)11480305(PQKB)23385589(MiAaPQ)EBC3300063(DE-B1597)457758(OCoLC)435493374(OCoLC)979574990(DE-B1597)9780674043336(Au-PeEL)EBL3300063(CaPaEBR)ebr10312768(EXLCZ)99100000000078717820070821d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIn pursuit of the gene[electronic resource] from Darwin to DNA /James SchwartzCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20081 online resource (385 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-02670-5 0-674-03491-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-348) and index.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.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. GeneticsHistoryGenesHistoryGeneticsHistory.GenesHistory.576.509Schwartz James1955-1569156MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778016003321In pursuit of the gene3841825UNINA