Classical Genetic Research and Its Legacy: The Mapping Cultures of Twentieth Century Genetics (Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, 19)

With The Rise Of Genomics, The Life Sciences Have Entered A New Era. This Book Provides A Comprehensive History Of Mapping Procedures As They Were Developed In Classical Genetics. An Accompanying Volume - From Molecular Genetics To Genomics - Covers The History Of Molecular Genetics And Genomics. The Book Shows That The Technology Of Genetic Mapping Is By No Means A Recent Acquisition Of Molecular Genetics Or Even Genetic Engineering. It Demonstrates That The Development Of Mapping Technologies Has Accompanied The Rise Of Modern Genetics From Its Very Beginnings. In Section One, Mendelian Genetics Is Set In Perspective From The Viewpoint Of The Detection And Description Of Linkage Phenomena. Section Two Addresses The Role Of Mapping For The Experimental Working Practice Of Classical Geneticists, Their Social Interactions And For The Laboratory 'life Worlds'. With Detailed Analyses Of The Scientific Practices Of Mapping And Its Illustration Of The Diversity Of Mapping Practices This Book Is A Significant Contibution To The History Of Genetics. A Companion Volume From The Same Editors - From Molecular Genetics To Genomics: The Mapping Cultures Of Twentieth Century Genetics - Covers The History Of Molecular Genetics And Genomics. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 14 Notes on contributors......Page 18 Acknowledgments......Page 20 Introduction......Page 22 Mendelian genetics and linkage mapping......Page 28 Linkage before Mendelism? Plant-breeding research in Central Europe, c.1880-1910......Page 30 Carl Correns and the early history of genetic linkage......Page 42 Applying and extending the notion of genetic linkage: the first fifty years......Page 55 Classical genetics and the geography of genes......Page 78 Mapping work, mapping collectives, mapping cultures......Page 110 Mapping and seeing: Barbara McClintock and the linking of genetics and cytology in maize genetics, 1928-35......Page 112 The ABO blood groups: mapping the history and geography of genes in Homo sapiens......Page 140 Mapping as technology: genes, mutant mice, and biomedical research (1910-65)......Page 194 Commentaries......Page 226 Genetic mapping: approaches to the spatial topography of genetics......Page 228 Mapping as a cultural practice......Page 241 Index......Page 250 "With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era. Maps of genomes have become the icons for a comprehensive knowledge of the organism on a previously unattained level of complexity. This book provides an in-depth history of mapping procedures as they were developed in classical genetics." "With its detailed analyses of scientific practices and its illustration of the diversity of mapping, this book is a significant contribution to the history of genetics."--Jacket