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Title Classical genetic research and its legacy : the mapping cultures of twentieth-century genetics / edited by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger and Jean-Paul Gaudillière.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; 19
Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; 19.
Note "First volume of a collection of papers resulting from a conference that was held at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin in March 2001"--Introduction.
Companion vol. to: From molecular genetics to genomics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era. This book provides a comprehensive history of mapping procedures as they were developed in classical genetics.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Mendelian genetics and linkage mapping; Linkage before Mendelism? Plant-breeding research in Central Europe, c.1880-1910; Carl Correns and the early history of genetic linkage; Applying and extending the notion of genetic linkage: the first fifty years; Classical genetics and the geography of genes; Mapping work, mapping collectives, mapping cultures; Mapping and seeing: Barbara McClintock and the linking of genetics and cytology in maize genetics, 1928-35.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Gene mapping -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
Gene mapping.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Chromosome Mapping -- history.
Genetic Research -- history.
History, 20th Century.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Indexed Term Genetic research
Genre/Form Congress.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg.
Gaudillière, Jean-Paul, 1957-
Added Title From molecular genetics to genomics.
Other Form: Print version: Classical genetic research and its legacy. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415328497 (DLC) 2004046789 (OCoLC)53871358
ISBN 0203375297 (electronic book)
9780203375297 (electronic book)
0415328497 (cloth)