Key Features
1) Documents a vibrant community of scholars interested in heredity before Mendel
2) Highlights the work of Imre Festetics, the forgotten grandfather of genetics
3) Desribes political repression which stifled the nascent foundation of heredity research
4) Emphasizes the role sheep and wool played as the first model system of genetics
5) Challenges19th century taboos in Moravia leading to malicious rumors about the inbred royal House of Austria (Habsburgs).
Key Features
1) Documents a vibrant community of scholars interested in heredity before Mendel
2) Highlights the work of Imre Festetics, the forgotten grandfather of genetics
3) Desribes political repression which stifled the nascent foundation of heredity research
4) Emphasizes the role sheep and wool played as the first model system of genetics
5) Challenges19th century taboos in Moravia leading to malicious rumors about the inbred royal House of Austria (Habsburgs).
Heredity Before Mendel: Festetics and the Question of Sheep's Wool in Central Europe
274Heredity Before Mendel: Festetics and the Question of Sheep's Wool in Central Europe
274Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781032027432 |
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Publisher: | CRC Press |
Publication date: | 06/16/2022 |
Pages: | 274 |
Product dimensions: | 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |