How we get Mendel wrong, and why it matters [electronic resource] : challenging the narrative of Mendelian genetics / Kostas Kampourakis.

"This book illustrates that the stereotypical representations of Gregor Mendel and his work misrepresent his findings and their historical context. The author sets the historical record straight and provides scientists with a reference guide to the respective scholarship in the early history of gene...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kampourakis, Kostas (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Mendel, Gregor, > 1822-1884 > Influence.
Genetics > History.
Mendel's law
Genetics > Research > Methodology.
Eugenics > History.
Online Access:
Taylor & Francis Complete 2023 eBooks: 2023 (Taylor & Francis eBooks)
Variant Title:
How We Get Mendel Wrong, and Why It Matters: Challenging the Narrative of Mendelian Genetics
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Preface: "Gregor Mendel, the first geneticist"
  • Mendel was not a geneticist ahead of his time
  • Mendel was a brilliant experimentalist of his time
  • Speculating about heredity
  • The path to genetics
  • The reification of the "lonely genius"
  • Mendel's great defender
  • Chromosomes, "factors" and genes
  • "Mendelian" eugenics
  • Geneticists' attitudes towards "Mendelian" eugenics
  • Mendelian genetics and the Nazi racial hygiene
  • Conclusions: Emending the teaching of school genetics.