Book ID: CBB000101923

Gene Action: A Historical Account (2001)

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Maas, Werner Karl (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: xiv + 161 pp., illus., bibl., appendix, index
Language: English

Description Development of genetics from Mendel to modern genome research.


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Review Comfort, Nathaniel C. (2002) Review of "Gene Action: A Historical Account". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (p. 861). unapi

Review Witkowski, J. A. (2002) Review of "Gene Action: A Historical Account". Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science. unapi

Review Abir-Am, Pnina G. (2011) Review of "Gene Action: A Historical Account". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 91). unapi

Review Hammond, Andy (2003) Review of "Gene Action: A Historical Account". Journal of the History of Biology (p. 626). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wolfe, Audra Jayne
Yafeng Shan
Zevenhuizen, Erik J. A.
Theunissen, Bert
Sloan, Phillip R.
Simunek, Michal
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Journal of the History of Biology
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Publishers
University of Notre Dame Press
Trafford Publishing
Steiner
Harwood Academic Publishers
Greenwood Press
Concepts
Genetics
Mendelism
Evolution
Biology
Inheritance
Modern Synthesis (biology)
People
Mendel, Gregor Johann
Galton, Francis
Darwin, Charles Robert
Bateson, William
Watson, James Dewey
Vries, Hugo Marie de
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
20th century, late
17th century
Places
Great Britain
Moravia
United States
Soviet Union
Bohemia
Institutions
Human Genome Project
Genetics Society of America
Royal Society of London
Cambridge University
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