Classical genetic research and its legacy : the mapping cultures of twentieth-century genetics
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Classical genetic research and its legacy : the mapping cultures of twentieth-century genetics
（Studies in the history of science, technology and medicine / edited by John Krige, v. 19）
Routledge, 2004
Available at 8 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era. This book provides a comprehensive history of mapping procedures as they were developed in classical genetics. An accompanying volume - From Molecular Genetics to Genomics - covers the history of molecular genetics and genomics.
The book shows that the technology of genetic mapping is by no means a recent acquisition of molecular genetics or even genetic engineering. It demonstrates that the development of mapping technologies has accompanied the rise of modern genetics from its very beginnings. In Section One, Mendelian genetics is set in perspective from the viewpoint of the detection and description of linkage phenomena. Section Two addresses the role of mapping for the experimental working practice of classical geneticists, their social interactions and for the laboratory 'life worlds'.
With detailed analyses of the scientific practices of mapping and its illustration of the diversity of mapping practices this book is a significant contibution to the history of genetics. A companion volume from the same editors - From Molecular Genetics to Genomics: The Mapping Cultures of Twentieth Century Genetics - covers the history of molecular genetics and genomics.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Mendelian Genetics and Linkage Mapping 1. Jonathan Harwood . Linkage before Mendelism? Plant-Breeding Research in Central Europe, ca 1880-1910 2. Hans-Joerg Rheinberger. Carl Correns and the Early History of Genetic Linkage 3. Raphael Falk . Applying and Extending the Notion of Genetic Linkage - The First Fifty Years 4. Lisa Gannett and James R. Griesmer. Classical Genetics and the Geography of Genes Section 2: Mapping Work, Mapping Collectives, Mapping Cultures 5. Lee B. Kass and Christophe Bonneuil. Mapping and Seeing: Barbara Mcclintock and the Linking of Genetics and Cytology in Maize Genetics, 1928-35 6. Lisa Gannett and James R. Griesemer . The ABO Blood Groups: Mapping the History and Geography of Genes in Homo sapiens 7. Jean-Paul Gaudilliere. Mapping as Technology: Genes, Mutant Mice, and Biomedical Research (1910-65)
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