A Cultural History of Heredity

A Cultural History of Heredity
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 339
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ISBN-10 : 9780226545707
ISBN-13 : 0226545709
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Book Synopsis A Cultural History of Heredity by : Staffan Müller-Wille

Download or read book A Cultural History of Heredity written by Staffan Müller-Wille and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heredity: knowledge and power -- Generation, reproduction, evolution -- Heredity in separate domains -- First syntheses -- Heredity, race, and eugenics -- Disciplining heredity -- Heredity and molecular biology -- Gene technology, genomics, postgenomics: attempt at an outlook.


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