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How we get Mendel wrong, and why it matters : challenging the narrative of Mendelian genetics
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How we get Mendel wrong, and why it matters : challenging the narrative of Mendelian genetics / Kostas Kampourakis.
ISBN
9781032456911
1032456914
9781032456904
1032456906
9781032449067
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
xxiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"This book illustrates that the stereotypical representations of Gregor Mendel and his work misrepresent his findings and their historical context. The author sets the historical record straight and provides scientists with a reference guide to the respective scholarship in the early history of genetics"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Kampourakis, Kostas. How we get Mendel wrong, and why it matters First edition. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2024
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 01, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface: "Gregor Mendel, the first geneticist"
Mendel was not a geneticist ahead of his time
Mendel was a brilliant experimentalist of his time
Speculating about heredity
The path to genetics
The reification of the "lonely genius"
Mendel's great defender
Chromosomes, "factors" and genes
"Mendelian" eugenics
Geneticists' attitudes towards "Mendelian" eugenics
Mendelian genetics and the Nazi racial hygiene
Conclusions: Emending the teaching of school genetics.
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