| Description |
xii, 499 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : William Heinemann, 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-481) and index. |
| Contents |
Equus quagga and Lord Morton's mare -- Passiflora gracilis : inside Darwin's greenhouse -- Homo sapiens : Francis Galton's fairground attraction -- Hieracium auricula : what Mendel did next -- Oenothera lamarckiana : Hugo de Vries led up the primrose path -- Drosophila melanogaster : bananas, bottles and Bolsheviks -- Cavia porcellus : mathematical guinea pigs -- Bacteriophage : the virus that revealed DNA -- Zea mays : incorrigible corn -- Arabidopsis thaliana : a fruit fly for the botanists -- Danio rerio : seeing through zebrafish -- OncoMouse® : engineering organisms. |
| Subject |
Heredity -- History.
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Heredity. |
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History. |
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Genetics -- History.
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Genetics. |
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Biology -- History.
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Biology. |
| ISBN |
9780674027138 alkaline paper |
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0674027132 alkaline paper |
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