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Acknowledgments |
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Section I Beginnings |
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Chapter 1 Hugo de Vries (1848-1935) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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Evolutionary Theory in the Late Nineteenth Century |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (1) |
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Reception of the Mutation Theory |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (1) |
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Rediscovery of Mendel's Work |
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15 | (1) |
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De Vries's Position in the Genetics Community |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 Eugenics and Francis Galton (1822-1911) |
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19 | (10) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Empirical Test of Pangenesis and Lamarckism |
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22 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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Race Improvement or Eugenics |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 William Bateson (1861-1926) |
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29 | (14) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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Materials for the Study of Variation (1894) |
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31 | (1) |
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Symmetry and Meristic Repetition |
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32 | (1) |
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Least Size of Particular Teeth |
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33 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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Research on Indian Species |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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Founding the Discipline of Genetics |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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Bateson's Interests and Character |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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40 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945) |
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43 | (16) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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The California Institute of Technology |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (5) |
Section II Population Genetics |
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Chapter 5 J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964) |
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59 | (32) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (2) |
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66 | (1) |
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Roles of Selection and Mutation in Evolution |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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Measurement of Natural Selection in Man |
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69 | (1) |
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Strange Case of Peppered Moth: Industrial Melanism |
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69 | (1) |
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Haldane on Industrial Melanism |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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Genetic Loads and the Impact of Mutation |
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73 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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Address to the XI International Congress of Human Genetics, 1963 |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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Eugenic Views of Haldane and Muller |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (1) |
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Scientific Predictions in 1964 |
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80 | (1) |
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Biological Possibilities for the Next Ten Thousand Years |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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Division of Human Species |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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Popularization of Science |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890-1962) |
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91 | (16) |
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92 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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University College London |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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Smoking and Lung Cancer Controversy |
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96 | (1) |
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Fisher's Arguments Concerning Lung Cancer |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (2) |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (1) |
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Genetical Theory of Natural Selection |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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Selected Publications by R.A. Fisher |
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102 | (5) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Sewall Wright (1889-1988) |
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107 | (18) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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Wright's Contributions to Genetics |
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109 | (1) |
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Haldane and Wright's Third Phase |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (2) |
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Conflict between Wright and Fisher |
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115 | (1) |
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Random Genetic Drift and Inbreeding |
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116 | (1) |
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Effective Population Number |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (7) |
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118 | (7) |
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Chapter 8 Motoo Kimura (1924-1994) |
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125 | (12) |
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127 | (1) |
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National Institute of Genetics |
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127 | (1) |
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Cold Spring Harbor Symposium |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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"Neutral" versus "Nonneutral" |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (5) |
Section III Biochemical Genetics |
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Chapter 9 Archibald E. Garrod (1857-1936) |
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137 | (8) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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Inborn Errors of Metabolism |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (2) |
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Chapter 10 George Wells Beadle (1903-1981) |
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145 | (12) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (1) |
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Beadle's Controversy with Darlington |
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148 | (1) |
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Collaboration with Boris Ephrussi |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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Nobel Prize and Controversy |
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152 | (1) |
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President of the University of Chicago |
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153 | (1) |
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One Last Controversy: The Corn Wars |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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Chapter 11 Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008) |
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157 | (22) |
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158 | (1) |
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Discovery of Genetic Exchange in Bacteria |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (1) |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (1) |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (5) |
Section IV Molecular Biology |
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Chapter 12 Oswald Theodore Avery (1877-1955) |
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179 | (12) |
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180 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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The Rockefeller Institute |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (2) |
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Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty |
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183 | (1) |
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Avery's Personality and Research Methods |
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184 | (1) |
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Private Thoughts of Avery |
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184 | (1) |
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Other Developments in Genetics |
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185 | (1) |
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Reaction to the Discovery |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (2) |
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Chapter 13 Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961) |
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191 | (16) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (3) |
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What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (4) |
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The Place of What Is Life? in Biology |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (3) |
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Schrodinger and Indian Philosophy |
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201 | (1) |
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Schrodinger on Ethical Lacunae of Science |
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202 | (1) |
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Schrodinger's Holistic Style in Theoretical Physics |
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202 | (1) |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (1) |
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204 | (3) |
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Chapter 14 Max Delbruck (1906-1981) |
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Family Background and Early life |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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Failure to Appreciate the Importance of Avery's Experiment |
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215 | (1) |
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Phycomyces Period (1953-1981) |
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216 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (1) |
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Correspondence with J.B.S. Haldane |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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Evolutionary Epistemology |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (4) |
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Selected Publications of Max Delbruck |
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220 | (3) |
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Chapter 15 Francis Crick (1916-2008) and James Watson (1928-) |
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223 | (20) |
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Crick-Watson Collaboration |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (5) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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First Meeting with Watson |
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227 | (1) |
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Conflict between Francis Crick and Lawrence Bragg |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (2) |
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Watson's First Visit to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: The Phage Group |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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1951-1953: Watson-Crick Collaboration |
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230 | (2) |
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232 | (1) |
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Watson-Crick Paper of 1953 |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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Watson's List of Lessons Drawn from DNA Work |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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Sociopolitical Activities |
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239 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (3) |
Section V Radiation Genetics |
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Chapter 16 Hermann J. Muller (1890-1967) |
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243 | (12) |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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Muller's Career after Returning to the United States |
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247 | (1) |
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Muller's Post-Nobel Years |
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248 | (1) |
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Russell-Einstein Manifesto |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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Germinal Choice and Eugenics |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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Who Will Choose the Values? |
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250 | (1) |
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250 | (5) |
Section VI Transposons |
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Chapter 17 Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) |
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255 | (10) |
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255 | (1) |
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255 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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Discovery of Controlling Elements |
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258 | (1) |
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McClintock's Visits to Madison |
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258 | (2) |
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1956 Cold Spring Harbor Symposium |
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260 | (1) |
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Evolutionary Origins of Maize |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (4) |
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Archives and Research Collections |
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261 | (4) |
Section VII Applications of Genetics |
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Chapter 18 Norman Ernest Borlaug (1914-2009), M.S. Swaminathan (1925-), and Green Revolution |
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265 | (14) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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Green Revolution in India |
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270 | (3) |
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270 | (13) |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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Professional Achievements |
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271 | (2) |
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Books by M.S. Swaminathan |
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273 | (1) |
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Recommended for Further Reading |
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273 | (1) |
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Norman Borlaug International Symposium |
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273 | (1) |
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Green Revolution in India |
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273 | (1) |
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Wheat Yields in India since 1961 |
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274 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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Chapter 19 Victor McKusick (1921-2008)-Father of Medical Genetics |
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279 | (16) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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Division of Medical Genetics |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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Misconceptions in Human Genetics |
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286 | (2) |
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Genetic Nosology: On Lumpers and Splitters |
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288 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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Founder President of HUGO |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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