UID:
almafu_9959345572002883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) :
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1 online resource
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511694462
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0511694466
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Life sciences
Content:
William Bateson began his academic career working on variation in animals in the light of evolutionary theory. He was inspired by the rediscovery in 1900 of the 1860s work on plant hybridisation by the Austrian monk Gregor Mendel to pursue further experimental work in what he named 'genetics'. He realised that Mendel's results could help to solve difficult biological questions & controversies & to challenge the status quo in evolutionary studies. Annoyed by the 'apathetic' stance of his evolutionist colleagues, & incensed by a scathing critique of Mendel by the Oxford professor Raphael Weldon, Bateson incorporated an English translation of Mendel's work into this 1902 book along with a defence of Mendel's statistical experiments & the principles of heredity derived from them.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2009.
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Originally published: Cambridge: University Press, 1902.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108006132
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1108006132
Language:
English
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