Gregor Mendel, and the roots of genetics
By: Edward Edelson
Series: Oxford portraits in science
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9780195122268; 9780195150209
Subjects: Biography; Juvenile literature; Geneticists; Genetica
Description: Explores the life of Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk whose experiments with pea plants became a foundation for modern genetics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chp. 1.; title: Mendel is Discovered --; title: Heredity before Mendel --; title: Mendel and Communism -- Chp. 2.; title: Young Mendel Chooses the Monastic Life -- Chp. 3.; title: Mendel Begins Plant Experiments --; title: Mendel and Dawin -- Chp. 4.; title: Mendel Becomes the Abbot -- Chp. 5.; title: Mendel's Last Years -- Chp. 6.; title: Mendel Rediscovered --; title: Did Mendel Cheat? -- Chp. 7.; title: Mendel Legacy --; title: The Human Genome Project.