Article ID: CBB000018665

The introduction of Drosophila into the study of heredity and evolution: 1900-1910 (1975)

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Description “The discovery of Drosophila as a favorable organism for experiments in heredity is usually credited to Thomas Hunt Morgan. As this paper will attempt to show, Morgan did not 'discover' Drosophila in 1910. The organism had been used by a number of workers in the decade before Morgan accidentally hit upon it...”


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Authors & Contributors
Allen, Garland E.
Maienschein, Jane A.
Bowler, Peter J.
Falk, Raphael
Forer, Arthur
Gilbert, Scott F.
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
American Zoologist
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Biology and Philosophy
Filosofia e História da Biologia
History of Science
Publishers
Graal'
Concepts
Genetics
Biology
Evolution
Comparative physiology
Experimental biology
Mendelism; Mendelian inheritance
People
Morgan, Thomas Hunt
Wilson, Edmund Beecher
Allen, Garland E.
Bateson, William
Baur, Erwin
Boveri, Theodor
Time Periods
20th century
Places
Germany
United States
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