Cambridge Analysis - A History of Genetic Thinking

Klappentext Offers a deep and innovative understanding of our ways of thinking about heredity. Zusammenfassung There is a paradox lying at the heart of the study of heredity. Genetic Analysis offers a deep and innovative understanding of our ways of thinking about heredity! written by one of the most important empirical scientists in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. From reproduction and generation to heredity; 3. Faktoren in search of meaning; 4. The chromosome theory of inheritance; 5. Genes as the atoms of heredity; 6. Increasing resolving power; 7. Deducing genes from traits, inducing traits from genes; 8. What is true for E. coli is not true for the elephant; 9. Concluding comments; bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Raphael Falk, Raphael (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Falk, Falk Raphael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521182812
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18281-2
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Philosophy of Science, Genetics (non-medical)