Mutation
Subtitle: the history of an idea from Darwin to genomics
By: Elof Axel Carlson
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9781936113309
Subjects: Genomics; Research; Mutation (Biology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief overview of the concept of mutation; title: Ideas of mutation before there was a Mendelian basis for genetics; title: Cytological and Mendelian aspects of mutation; title: The fly lab redefines mutation; title: Radiation and the analysis of mutation by mutagenesis; title: Using biochemical approaches to study mutation; title: Mutation in relation to gene structure; title: Mutation in relation to evolution; title: Mutation in relation to genetic engineering; title: Mutation in relation to society; title: Mutation in relation to history and philosophy of science.