| Description |
xii, 499 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : William Heinemann, 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-481) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Equus quagga and Lord Morton's mare -- 2. Passiflora gracilis : inside Darwin's greenhouse -- 3. Homo sapiens : Francis Galton's fairground attraction -- 4. Hieracium auricula : what Mendel did next -- 5. Oenothera lamarckiana : Hugo de Vries led up the primrose path -- 6. Drosophila melanogaster : bananas, bottles and Bolsheviks -- 7. Cavia porcellus : mathematical guinea pigs -- 8. Bacteriophage : the virus that revealed DNA -- 9. Zea mays : incorrigible corn -- 10. Arabidopsis thaliana : a fruit fly for the botanists -- 11. Danio rerio : seeing through zebrafish -- 12. OncoMouse® : engineering organisms -- Bibliography, sources and notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Heredity -- History.
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Genetics -- History.
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Biology -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780674027138 alkaline paper |
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0674027132 alkaline paper |
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