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Mutation : the history of an idea from Darwin to genomics / Elof Axel Carlson.

By: Publication details: Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2011.Description: viii, 163 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781936113309
  • 1936113309
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.5/49 22
LOC classification:
  • QH460 .C37 2011
Contents:
A brief overview of the concept of mutation -- Ideas of mutation before there was a Mendelian basis for genetics -- Cytological and Mendelian aspects of mutation -- The fly lab redefines mutation -- Radiation and the analysis of mutation by mutagenesis -- Using biochemical approaches to study mutation -- Mutation in relation to gene structure -- Mutation in relation to evolution -- Mutation in relation to genetic engineering -- Mutation in relation to society -- Mutation in relation to history and philosophy of science.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief overview of the concept of mutation -- Ideas of mutation before there was a Mendelian basis for genetics -- Cytological and Mendelian aspects of mutation -- The fly lab redefines mutation -- Radiation and the analysis of mutation by mutagenesis -- Using biochemical approaches to study mutation -- Mutation in relation to gene structure -- Mutation in relation to evolution -- Mutation in relation to genetic engineering -- Mutation in relation to society -- Mutation in relation to history and philosophy of science.

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