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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
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Series Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; 19
Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; 19.
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
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
Analysis Genetic research
Notes "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
Notes English
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Subject Gene mapping -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
Chromosome Mapping -- history
Genetic Research -- history
History, 20th Century
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Genetics & Genomics.
Gene mapping
Genetica.
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg.
Gaudillière, Jean-Paul, 1957-
ISBN 0203375297
9780203375297
9780415328494
0415328497
9781134334155
113433415X
9781134334100
1134334109
9781134334148
1134334141
9780415860109
0415860105
9786610104215
6610104212
OTHER TI From molecular genetics to genomics