A cultural history of heredity / Staffan Müller-Wille and Hans-Jörg Rheinberger.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Müller-Wille, Staffan, 1964-
Other Authors: Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg
Language:English
Language of the Original:
German
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Genetics > history.
Heredity.
Social Change.
Heredity > History.
Genetics > History.
Nature and nurture > History.
Physical Description:xiii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.