(PDF) A History of Genetics by A. H. Sturtevant, Edward B. Lewis, Edward B. Lewis

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Table of Contents

Note from the Publishers vii
Introduction ix
Author’s Preface xi
1 Before Mendel 1
2 Mendel 9
3 1866 to 1900 17
4 The Rediscovery 25
5 Genes and Chromosomes 33
6 Linkage 39
7 The “Fly Room” 45
8 Development of Drosophila Work 51
9 Genetics of Continuous Variation 58
10 Oenothera 62
11 Mutation 67
12 Cytological Maps and the Cytology of Crossing Over 73
13 Sex Determination 80
14 Position Effect 87
15 Genetics and Immunology 93
16 Biochemical Genetics 100
17 Population Genetics and Evolution 107
18 Protozoa 117
19 Maternal Effects 121
20 The Genetics of Man 126
21 General Remarks 133
Appendix A Chronology 136
Appendix B Intellectual Pedigrees 139
Bibliography 144
Index 157
Afterword: Remembering Sturtevant 168