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• ISBN 10: 1351666134
• ISBN 13: 9781351666138
• Author: David J. Galton

Standing on the Shoulders of Darwin and Mendel: Early Views of Inheritance explores early theories about the mechanisms of inheritance. Beginning with Charles Darwin’s now rejected Gemmule hypothesis, the book documents the reception of Gregor Mendel’s work on peas and follows the work of early 20th century scholars. The research of Francis Galton, a cousin of Darwin, and the friction it caused between these two are a part of longer story of the development of genetics and an understanding of how offspring inherit the characteristics of their parents. Bateson, Garrod, de Vries, Tschermak and others are all characters in a scientific story of discovery, acrimony, cooperation and revelation.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1 Seeds of hero worship
Chapter 2 A tale of two books
Chapter 3 Darwin’s grand theory
Chapter 4 Trial by experiment
Chapter 5 A bolt from the blue—Darwin’s response
Chapter 6 Cousins diverge
Chapter 7 The referee
Chapter 8 Finding allies
Chapter 9 Still chasing the truth
Chapter 10 Losing allies
Chapter 11 Darwin’s and Mendel’s death
Chapter 12 The Grim Reaper revisits
Chapter 13 Mendel again—Galton’s response
Chapter 14 Are Mendel’s ideas true?
Chapter 15 Darwin and Mendel: The show down
Chapter 16 Celebrating Mendel’s discovery

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