The gene : an intimate history /

The gene : an intimate history / Siddhartha Mukherjee.

"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 eu...

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Main Author: Mukherjee, Siddhartha (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2016.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Mukherjee, Siddhartha > Family > Health.
Buck, Carrie, > 1906-1983.
Genetics > History.
Genes.
Heredity.
Medical ethics > History.
Genetics > history.
Families > Health and hygiene.
Genetics.
Medical ethics.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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