The gene : an intimate history /
Mukherjee, Siddhartha 1970-
The gene : an intimate history / Siddhartha Mukherjee. - First Scribner hardcover edition. - 592 p., [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-554) and index.
Prologue: Families -- The "missing science of heredity" 1865-1935 -- "In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts" 1930-1970 -- "The dreams of geneticists" 1970-2001 -- "The proper study of mankind is man" 1970-2005 -- Through the looking glass 2001-2015 -- Post-genome 2015- ... -- Epilogue: Bheda, Abheda -- Glossary -- Timeline.
"The story of the gene begins in earnest in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where Gregor Mendel, a monk working with pea plants, stumbles on the idea of a "unit of heredity." It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics in the 1940s. The gene transforms postwar biology. It invades discourses concerning race and identity and provides startling answers
9781476733524 (trade pbk.) 9781476733500 (hardcover)
Genetics--history.
Genética --Historia
Heredity.
Herencia
Genes
QH 438 / M953g 2017
616
QU 475
The gene : an intimate history / Siddhartha Mukherjee. - First Scribner hardcover edition. - 592 p., [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-554) and index.
Prologue: Families -- The "missing science of heredity" 1865-1935 -- "In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts" 1930-1970 -- "The dreams of geneticists" 1970-2001 -- "The proper study of mankind is man" 1970-2005 -- Through the looking glass 2001-2015 -- Post-genome 2015- ... -- Epilogue: Bheda, Abheda -- Glossary -- Timeline.
"The story of the gene begins in earnest in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where Gregor Mendel, a monk working with pea plants, stumbles on the idea of a "unit of heredity." It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics in the 1940s. The gene transforms postwar biology. It invades discourses concerning race and identity and provides startling answers
9781476733524 (trade pbk.) 9781476733500 (hardcover)
Genetics--history.
Genética --Historia
Heredity.
Herencia
Genes
QH 438 / M953g 2017
616
QU 475