LEADER 02269nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910818742303321 005 20240416173310.0 010 $a0-8018-8140-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000451193 035 $a(OCoLC)559350911 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10070295 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000157936 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155938 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000157936 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10144545 035 $a(PQKB)10225970 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2506 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3318236 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10070295 035 $a(OCoLC)923192135 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318236 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000451193 100 $a20030327d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrancis Galton $epioneer of heredity and biometry /$fMichael Bulmer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBaltimore, Md. $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (375 p.) 300 $aChronology: p. [xiii]-xiv. 311 $a0-8018-7403-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 333-349) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction -- 1 A Victorian Life -- 2 Hereditary Ability -- 3 Eugenics -- 4 The Mechanism of Heredity -- 5 Four Evolutionary Problems -- 6 The Charms of Statistics -- 7 Statistical Theory of Heredity -- 8 The Law of Ancestral Heredity -- 9 Discontinuity in Evolution -- 10 Biometry -- References -- Index. 330 $aA graceful writer and an expert biometrician, Bulmer details the eventual triumph of biometrical methods in the history of quantitative genetics based on Mendelian principles, which underpins our understanding of evolution today. 606 $aGeneticists$zEngland$vBiography 606 $aGenetics$xHistory 606 $aBiometry$xHistory 615 0$aGeneticists 615 0$aGenetics$xHistory. 615 0$aBiometry$xHistory. 676 $a576.5/092 676 $aB 700 $aBulmer$b M. G$0102870 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818742303321 996 $aFrancis Galton$93962660 997 $aUNINA