A guinea pig's history of biology
Subtitle: the plants and animals who taught us the facts of life
By: Jim Endersby.
Publisher: William Heinemann
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9780434012596
Subjects: Animal experimentation -- History.; Biology -- History.; Biology -- Research -- History.; Botany -- Research -- History.; Discoveries in science -- History.; Eugenics -- History.
Other titles: History of biology
Description: By spending years laboriously breeding animals and plants, observing the consequences and extrapolating from these observations, scientists have come to understand how genetic inheritance shapes generations to come. In telling their stories, Endersby reveals the development of perhaps the most significant science of our times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.