Beyond the gene : cytoplasmic inheritance and the struggle for authority in genetics /

1. Defining the Organism. 2. Constructing Heredity. 3. Challenging the Nuclear Monopoly of the Cell in Germany. 4. T.M. Sonneborn: Making Plasmagenes in America. 5. Boris Ephrussi and the Birth of Genetics in France. 6. The Cold War in Genetics. 7. Problems with "Master Molecules". 8. Patt...

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Main Author: Sapp, Jan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1987
Series:Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:1. Defining the Organism. 2. Constructing Heredity. 3. Challenging the Nuclear Monopoly of the Cell in Germany. 4. T.M. Sonneborn: Making Plasmagenes in America. 5. Boris Ephrussi and the Birth of Genetics in France. 6. The Cold War in Genetics. 7. Problems with "Master Molecules". 8. Patterns of Power.
Item Description:Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Montreal, 1984).
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-255).
ISBN:1429401486
9781429401487
0195364686
9780195364682
9780195042061
0195042069
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.