Mendelism and evolution / by E.B. Ford.

  • Ford, E. B. (Edmund Briscoe), 1901-1988.
Date:
1931
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Credit: Mendelism and evolution / by E.B. Ford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS chap. page Preface ....... vii PART I. INTRODUCTION I The Pabtictilate Theory of Inheritance . 1 1. The Laws of Mendel . . . . 1 2. The Physical Basis of Inheritance . 3 A. Segregation ..... 3 B. Independent Assortment . . 7 C. Linkage ..... 12 D. Sex-Linkage ..... 14 E. Crossing-over . . . .16 F. Mutation . . . . .21 3. Summary . . . . . . 24 PART II. MENDELISM AND EVOLUTION II Heredity and the Environment . . 27 1. The External Environment . . 27 2. The Internal Environment . . 34 3. Summary ...... 41 III Experimental Genetics and Its Bearing on Evolution . , . . .43 1. The Phenotypic Effects of Mutation 43 xi