Mutation : the history of an idea from Darwin to genomics / Elof Axel Carlson.

Author/creator Carlson, Elof Axel
Format Book
Publication InfoCold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ©2011.
Descriptionviii, 163 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents A brief overview of the concept of mutation -- Ideas of mutation before there was a Mendelian basis for genetics -- Cytological and Mendelian aspects of mutation -- The fly lab redefines mutation -- Radiation and the analysis of mutation by mutagenesis -- Using biochemical approaches to study mutation -- Mutation in relation to gene structure -- Mutation in relation to evolution -- Mutation in relation to genetic engineering -- Mutation in relation to society -- Mutation in relation to history and philosophy of science.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011007489
ISBN9781936113309
ISBN1936113309

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Joyner General Stacks QH460 .C37 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold