© 2001 • 174 pp., illus., appendices, bibliography, index
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In the small “Fly Room” at Columbia University, T.H. Morgan and his students, A.H. Sturtevant, C.B. Bridges, and H.J. Muller, carried out the work that laid the foundations of modern, chromosomal genetics. The excitement of those times, when the whole field of genetics was being created, is captured in this book, written in 1965 by one of those present at the beginning. His account is one of the few authoritative, analytic works on the early history of genetics. This attractive reprint is accompanied by a website offering full-text versions of the key papers discussed in the book, including the world’s first genetic map.

Note from the Publishers

Introduction

Author’s Preface

Chapter 1: Before Mendel

Chapter 2: Mendel

Chapter 3: 1866 to 1900

Chapter 4: The Rediscovery

Chapter 5: Genes and Chromosomes

Chapter 6: Linkage

Chapter 7: The “Fly Room”

Chapter 8: Development of Drosophila Work

Chapter 9: Genetics of Continuous Variation

Chapter 10: Oenothera

Chapter 11: Mutation

Chapter 12: Cytological Maps and the Cytology of Crossing Over

Chapter 13: Sex Determination

Chapter 14: Position Effect

Chapter 15: Genetics and Immunology

Chapter 16: Biochemical Genetics

Chapter 17: Population Genetics and Evolution

Chapter 18: Protozoa

Chapter 19: Maternal Effects

Chapter 20: The Genetics of Man

Chapter 21: General Remarks

Appendix A: Chronology

Appendix B: Intellectual Pedigrees

Bibliography

Index

Afterword: Remembering Sturtevant

Visit the book's website at www.esp.org/books/sturt/history