George Beadle, an uncommon farmer : the emergence of genetics in the 20th century / Paul Berg, Maxine Singer.

Author/creator Berg, Paul
Other author Singer, Maxine.
Format Book
Publication InfoCold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ©2003.
Descriptionix, 383 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents An uncommon farmer -- Agricultural college at Lincoln -- Genetics at the quarter century -- The corn cooperation -- The fly group -- From corn to files -- Three-eyed flies -- Becoming a professor -- From flies to molds -- One gene-one protein -- Confronting the skeptics -- In Morgan's footsteps -- Postwar science and politics -- Genetics and the nuclear age -- Oxford and the Nobel prize -- Becoming a university president -- Restoring the university's eminence -- The corn wars.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-361) and index.
LCCN 2003051635
ISBN0879696885 :