Thomas Hunt Morgan : pioneer of genetics / / Ian Shine and Sylvia Wrobel ; foreword by George W. Beadle
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Shine Ian
|
| Titolo: |
Thomas Hunt Morgan : pioneer of genetics / / Ian Shine and Sylvia Wrobel ; foreword by George W. Beadle
|
| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1976 |
| ©1976 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (187 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 575.1/092/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Geneticists - United States |
| Persona (resp. second.): | WrobelSylvia |
| BeadleGeorge W. | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Lexington; 2 Hopkins; 3 Bryn Mawr; 4 Theories, Facts-and Factors; 5 Columbia; 6 The Fly Room; 7 At the Morgans'; Illustrations; 8 Caltech; 9 Conclusion; Chronology; Notes; A Note on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W |
| Sommario/riassunto: | For most of his fellow Kentuckians, the accomplishments of Thomas Hunt Morgan have been overshadowed by the Civil War exploits of his uncle, the Confederate raider. Thomas Hunt Morgan: Pioneer of Genetics shows that feats performed on the frontiers of science can be as exciting as battlefield heroics, and that the ""other Morgan"" was as colorful a man as the general.Thomas Hunt Morgan's most noted work, done between 1910 and 1920 at Columbia University, revealed many of the secrets if genetics. Studying hundreds of generations of the fruit fly Drosophilia melanogaster, he and the other scie |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Thomas Hunt Morgan |
| ISBN: | 0-8131-5058-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787380603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |