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1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index. |
Contents |
What is beanbag genetics? -- Foundations of population genetics -- Time line : J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964) -- Time line : Ernst Walter Mayr (1904-2005) -- JBS Haldane and evolutionary biology -- Ernst Mayr and evolutionary biology (1904-2005) -- Evolution : the modern synthesis. |
Summary |
Haldane, Mayr, and Beanbag Genetics presents a summary of the classic exchange between two great biologists - J.B.S. Haldane and Ernst Mayr - regarding the value of the contributions of the mathematical school represented by J.B.S. Haldane, R.A. Fisher and S. Wright to the theory of evolution. Their pioneering contributions from 1918 to the 1960s dominated and shaped the field of population genetics, unique in the annals of science. In 1959, Mayr questioned what he regarded as the beanbag genetic approach of these pioneers to evolutionary theory, "an input or output of genes, as the addin. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964.
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Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964. |
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Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005.
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Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005. |
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Population genetics -- History.
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Population genetics. |
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History. |
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Evolutionary genetics -- History.
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Evolutionary genetics. |
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Biological Evolution. |
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Genetics, Population -- history. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Dronamraju, Krishna R. Haldane, Mayr, and beanbag genetics. New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780195387346 (DLC) 2010011747 (OCoLC)592450878 |
ISBN |
9780199813346 (electronic book) |
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0199813345 (electronic book) |
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9780195387346 |
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0195387341 |
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