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How we get Mendel wrong, and why it matters : challenging the narrative of Mendelian genetics / Kostas Kampourakis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kampourakis, Kostas, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884--Influence.
- Mendel, Gregor.
- Genetics--History.
- Genetics.
- Mendel's law.
- Genetics--Research--Methodology.
- Eugenics--History.
- Eugenics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 226 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2024.
- Contents:
- Preface: "Gregor Mendel, the first geneticist"
- Mendel was not a geneticist ahead of his time
- Mendel was a brilliant experimentalist of his time
- Speculating about heredity
- The path to genetics
- The reification of the "lonely genius"
- Mendel's great defender
- Chromosomes, "factors" and genes
- "Mendelian" eugenics
- Geneticists' attitudes towards "Mendelian" eugenics
- Mendelian genetics and the Nazi racial hygiene
- Conclusions: Emending the teaching of school genetics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 21, 2024).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kampourakis, Kostas. How we get Mendel wrong, and why it matters
- ISBN:
- 9781032449067
- 1032449063
- 9781003833499
- 1003833497
- 9781003833512
- 1003833519
- Publisher Number:
- 99996155451
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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