A century of Mendelism in human genetics : proceedings of a symposium organised by the Galton Institute and held at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, 2001 / edited by Milo Keynes, A.W.F. Edwards, and Robert Peel
2004, First Edition. Boca Raton ; London : CRC Press. Fine copy in the original color printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #241480
ISBN: 0415329604
Physical description; ix, 161 p., [8] p. of chiefly col. plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; The first fifty years of Mendelism : -- The introduction of Mendelism into human genetics / Milo Keynes -- Galton's theory of ancestral inheritance / Michael Bulmer -- The reception of Mendelism by the biometricians and the early Mendelians (1899-1909) / Eileen Magnello -- Mendelism and man (1918-1939) / A.W.F. Edwards -- William Bateson, Archibald Garrod and the nature of the "inborn" / Patrick Bateson -- Human genetics from 1950 : -- Linkage and allelic association / Newton E. Morton -- Malaria and Darwinian selection in human populations / Lucio Luzzatto -- Chromosomal genetics and evolution / Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith -- Mendelian disorders in man: the development of human genetics / Timothy M. Cox -- The genetics of complex diseases / John Bell -- Human cancer genetics / Alfred G. Knudson -- Genetics and the future of medicine / D.J. Weatherall -- Appendix: Problems of heredity as a subject for horticultural investigation / William Bateson (reprinted from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, 1901 ; 25: 54-61). Summary; Reviewing the history of Mendelism in genetics, 'A century of Mendelism in human genetics' focuses on the profound impact of Mendel's laws on the study of disease. The book discusses the genetics of single-gene and complex dieases, human cancer genetics, genetic linkage, and natural selection in human populations. The first part of the text takes a historical perspective of the first 50 years of Mendelism, through the bitter argument between the Mendelians and the biometricians, and the subsequent rise of clinical genetics. The second section discusses human genetics since 1950, concluding with a chapter examining genetics and the future of medicine ... (Source: book cover). Subjects; Mendel, Gregor (1822-1884). Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain). Mendel's law — History. Human genetics — History. Genetics, Medical — history. Genetics — history. History, 20th Century. Evolutionary genetics. Mendelism. Human Genetics. History of Science. Mendel's law — History — Congresses. Human genetics — History — Congresses. Genetics, Medical. Mendel's law — History. Human genetics. Mendel's law. National characteristics, European. Genetics. Heredity. Mendel's law. History — Mendel, Gregor — Bateson, William — Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon — Garrod, Archibald Edward — Bulmer, Michael George — Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm Andrew — Weatherall, David John. Human genetics — Mendelism. Science — History. Mendel, Gregor Johann (1822-1884). Genetics (non-medical). Human biology & related topics. Nature / Animals / Mammals. Mendel's law ; Human genetics. Genres; Bibliography. Conference proceedings. Illustrated.
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