Genesis: The Evolution of BiologyGenesis: The Evolution of Biology presents a history of the past two centuries of biology, suitable for use in courses, but of interest more broadly to evolutionary biologists, geneticists, and biomedical scientists, as well as general readers interested in the history of science. The book covers the early evolutionary biologists-Lamarck, Cuvier, Darwin and Wallace through Mayr and the neodarwinian synthesis, in much the same way as other histories of evolution have done, bringing in also the social implications, the struggles with our religious understanding, and the interweaving of genetics into evolutionary theory. What is novel about Sapp's account is a real integration of the cytological tradition, from Schwann, Boveri, and the other early cell biologists and embryologists, and the coverage of symbiosis, microbial evolutionary phylogenies, and the new understanding of the diversification of life coming from comparative analyses of complete microbial genomes. The book is a history of theories about evolution, genes and organisms from Lamarck and Darwin to the present day. This is the first book on the general history of evolutionary biology to include the history of research and theories about symbiosis in evolution, and first to include research on microbial evolution which were excluded from the classical neo-Darwinian synthesis. Bacterial evolution, and symbiosis in evolution are also excluded from virtually every book on the history of biology. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 46
Page ix
... Mendel's laws to the neo-Darwinian synthesis and the development of microbial genetics. Part IV examines the rise of molecular biology, the genetic code, its central doctrines, and their critics. It also explores research on hereditary ...
... Mendel's laws to the neo-Darwinian synthesis and the development of microbial genetics. Part IV examines the rise of molecular biology, the genetic code, its central doctrines, and their critics. It also explores research on hereditary ...
Page xi
... of the cell theory was attributed to Schleiden and Schwann, who actually opposed its central principle (chapter 7). I also investigate conflicting stories about what Mendel really discovered, why he was xi.
... of the cell theory was attributed to Schleiden and Schwann, who actually opposed its central principle (chapter 7). I also investigate conflicting stories about what Mendel really discovered, why he was xi.
Page xii
The Evolution of Biology Jan Sapp. tigate conflicting stories about what Mendel really discovered, why he was neglected, and how these stories functioned in debates over evolution (chapter 12). I probe an analogous story about Sir ...
The Evolution of Biology Jan Sapp. tigate conflicting stories about what Mendel really discovered, why he was neglected, and how these stories functioned in debates over evolution (chapter 12). I probe an analogous story about Sir ...
Page xiii
... (1983): 311β342. Jan Sapp, βThe Nine Lives of Gregor Mendel,β in H. E. Le Grand, ed., Experimental Inquiries. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990, pp. 137β166. This page intentionally left blank Contents PART I EVOLUTION AND.
... (1983): 311β342. Jan Sapp, βThe Nine Lives of Gregor Mendel,β in H. E. Le Grand, ed., Experimental Inquiries. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990, pp. 137β166. This page intentionally left blank Contents PART I EVOLUTION AND.
Page xvii
... Mendel Palimpsest 117 Mendel's Laws 118 Neglect and Rediscovery 119 Making a Discoverer 121 Why Multiple Meanings? 122 Geneticists Versus Statisticians 124 Mendel Made Darwinian 126 Is the Scientific Paper Fiction? 126 12. Emerging ...
... Mendel Palimpsest 117 Mendel's Laws 118 Neglect and Rediscovery 119 Making a Discoverer 121 Why Multiple Meanings? 122 Geneticists Versus Statisticians 124 Mendel Made Darwinian 126 Is the Scientific Paper Fiction? 126 12. Emerging ...
Contents
THE CELL IN DEVELOPMENT AND HEREDITY | 73 |
GENETICS AND THE CLASSICAL SYNTHESIS | 115 |
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND ORGANISMIC COMPLEXITY | 185 |
Epilogue | 267 |
Notes | 273 |
Index | 347 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquired characteristics amino acid argued bacteria basis Bateson Beadle biochemical biologists cell structure cell theory cellular centrioles chapter Charles Darwin chemical chloroplasts chromosomes ciliates complex concept Cuvier cytoplasm Darwinian embryo embryologists enzymes Ephrussi Ernst Mayr eukaryotes evolution Evolutionary Biology evolutionary change Evolutionary Synthesis evolutionary theory evolutionists evolved experimental fossil fundamental gene transfer geneticists genetics H. J. Muller Haeckel Harvard University Press hereditary heredity History of Biology Human Genome Huxley Ibid idea individual inheritance of acquired Jan Sapp Journal Lamarck Lederberg London Lysenko mechanisms Mendel Mendelian microbial mitochondria molecular biology molecules morphogenesis mutations natural selection Naturalist nineteenth century nucleic acid nucleus organisms Origin of Species phenotype phylogeny plants and animals population principle problems protein protists reproduction role Science scientific sequence social Society Sonneborn struggle for existence studies symbionts symbiosis T. H. Morgan tion traits twentieth century variations viruses Woese wrote York
References to this book
"Good Observers of Nature": American Women and the Scientific Study of the ... Tina Gianquitto No preview available - 2007 |