Heredity Produced: At the Crossroads of Biology, Politics, and Culture, 1500-1870
(Part of the Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Series)
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The cultural history of heredity: scholars from a range of disciplines discuss the evolution of the concept of heredity, from the Early Modern understanding of the act of "generation" to its later nineteenth-century definition as the transmission of characteristics across generations. Until the middle of the eighteenth century, the biological makeup of an organism was ascribed to an individual instance of "generation"--involving conception,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262134764
ISBN13:9780262134767
Release Date:January 2007
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:496 Pages
Weight:2.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 7.3" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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