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1961ref. 031836Oxford: Clarendon Press 1961. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. X 298 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Fine No Wear Or Marks Or Damage Gilt Brilliant. Small Ownership Signature Of Physicist And Mathematician Paul R. Stein Of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Clarendon Press hardcover
1903ref. 44335Jena Gustav Fischer 1903. Lex8vo. Fine contemp. hcloth. spine gilt and with gilt lettering. 668 pp. textfigs. Internally clean and fine. First edition of a groundbreaking work in genetics in which Johannsen introduces the concept of "pure line". Johannsen's work is dedicated to Francis Galton "the creator of the exact science of heredity". Johannsen was the first to attribute to mutation the origin of the small differences in the continous kind of variability characteristic of normal heredity."Yet Johannsen had shown that Galton's "law of regression" was wrong when applied as Galton had done - to impure or mixed populations. He proved that selection was ineffective - that is regression to parental averages was complete - only in the offspring derived by self-fertilization from a single parent as in peas beans and other "selfers." The offspings and descendants from such a plant Johannsen referred to as a "pure line". His theory was that offspring of a pure line were genetically identical and that fluctuating variability among such offspring was due to effects of change and enviromental factors. These effects were not heritable and hence were not subject to the action of selection either natural or artificial."DSB VII p. 114.Garrison & Morton No. 242. hardcover
1900ref. 48208Paris Gauthier-Villars 1900. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences" Tome 130 No 13. Titlepage to tome 130 a. pp. 809- 864. Entire issue offered. De Vries paper: pp. 845-847. Rather poor paperquality fragile. Small nicks to margins of titlepage. First appearance of a milestone paper in genetics being the "REDISCOVERY" OF MENDEL'S LAWS OF HEREDITY" - This paper together with the two other papers from the same year by Carl Correns and Erich Tschermak laid the foundations of a new scientific discipline that in 1906 was given the name "genetics" and less than a century later rose to become the leading science in Western society. This French announcement was published 4 days before his longer paper "Das Spaltungsgesetzt der Hybride" in which Mendel is mentioned.De Vries completed most of his hybridization experiments without knowing about Mendel's work. Based on his own results de Vries drew the same conclusions as Mendel. De Vries published his work in 1900 first in French then in German. In the French report there was no mention of Mendel but this was amended by de Vries in the German paper. It is possible that de Vries read Mendel's paper before he published his own and included Mendel's name in the later printing when he realized that other people also knew about Mendel's work. De Vries may have thought that his own conclusions were superior to Mendel's. "During the 1880s de Vries became interested in heredity. In 1889 he published Intracellular Pangenesis in which he critically reviewed previous research on inheritance and advanced the theory that elements in the nucleus ‘pangenes’ determine hereditary traits. To investigate his theories he began breeding plants in 1892 and by 1896 had obtained clear evidence for the segregation of characters in the offspring of crosses in 3:1 ratios. He delayed publishing these results proposing to include them in a larger book but in 1900 he came across the work of Gregor Mendel published 34 years earlier and announced his own findings. This stimulated both Karl Correns and Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg to publish their essentially similar observations." Oxford Dictionary of Scientists.Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1900 B. - PMM 356 the note. unknown
1819ref. 020733Princes Street Corner of Gerard Street Soho: J. Callow 1819. First edition. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates several of them folding octavo pp xxiv 579 i slight age-toning to the front endpaper the half-title and the frontispiece otherwise very clean internally neatly bound in a recent brown half-leather and cloth. With the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates on the front endpaper. Sir William Lawrence 1st Baronet FRCS FRS 1783 -1867 was an English surgeon who became President of the Royal College of Surgeons of London and Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen. In his mid-thirties he published two books of his lectures which contained pre-Darwinian ideas on man's nature and effectively on evolution. In 1819 the second book known by its short title of the Natural history of Man caused a storm of disapproval from conservative and clerical quarters for its supposed atheism and within the medical profession because he advocated a materialist rather than vitalist approach to human life. He was linked by his critics with such other 'revolutionaries' as Thomas Paine and Lord Byron. It was "the first great scientific issue that widely seized the public imagination in Britain a premonition of the debate over Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection exactly forty years later". It contained some remarkable anticipations of later thought but was ruthlessly suppressed. To this day many historical accounts of evolutionary ideas do not mention Lawrence's contribution. He is omitted for example from many of the Darwin biographies from some evolution textbooks essay collections and even from accounts of pre-Darwinian science and religion. Although the only idea of interest which Darwin found in Lawrence was that of sexual selection in man the influence on Alfred Russel Wallace was more positive. Wallace "found in Lawrence a possible mechanism of organic change that of spontaneous variation leading to the formation of new species". First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. J. Callow Hardcover
2000ref. 011235Cambridge University Press 2000. Octavo pp xviii 438 paperback a very good copy almost as new. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Cambridge University Press Paperback
1993ref. 008837London: Chapman & Hall 1993. A few text illustrations small thick quarto pp xxvi 550 hardbound in original laminated boards an exceptionally good copy. Our requirement for plant breeders to be successful has never been greater. However one views the forecasted numbers for future population growth we will need in the immediate future to be feeding clothing and housing many more people than we do inadequately at present. Plant breeding represents the most valuable strategy in increasing our productivity in a way that is sustainable and environmentally sensitive. Plant breeding can rightly be considered as one of the oldest multidisciplinary subjects that is known to humans. It was practised by people who first started to carry out a settled form of agriculture. The art as it must have been at that stage was applied without any formal underlying framework but achieved dramatic results as witnessed by the forms of cultivated plants we have today. We are now learning how to apply successfully the results of yet imperfect scientific knowledge. This knowledge is however rapidly developing particularly in areas of tissue culture biotechnology and molecular biology. Plant breeding's inherent multifaceted nature means that alongside obvious subject areas like genetics we also need to consider areas such as: statistics physiology plant pathology entomology biochemistry weed science quality seed characteristics repro ductive biology trial design selection and computing. It therefore seems apparent that modern plant breeders need to have a grasp of wide range of scientific knowledge and expertise if they are successfully to a exploit the techniques protocols and strategies which are open to them. Laminated boards. Very Good. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
2003ref. Genetics2003GENETICS WATSON James D: DNA: The Secret of Life. New York: Alfred A Knopf 2003. Illustrated. Square 4to xvi 446pp colophon; black cloth with gilt-titled spine colored pictorial dust-jacket containing a transformation hologram. FIRST EDITION Signed in ink by the author on title-page. Exploring the phenomenal discovery of the structure of DNA this work highlights one of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th century. James D Watson and Francis Crick's discovery of the double-helix model revolutionised molecular biology and earned them along with Maurice Wilkins the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their contributions in understanding molecular structure of nucleic acids and its role in the transfer of genetic information. Alfred A Knopf, hardcover
ref. ria9783527336364_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This advanced textbook is tailored for an introductory course in Systems Biology and is well-suited for biologists as well as engineers and computer scientists. It comes with student-friendly reading lists and a companion website featur paperback
1813ref. 017143Baltimore: E. J. Coale 1813. First Edition . Full Leather. Good. 5 3/4 " Tall. 299 Pp. First Year Of Issue Of The Annual Publication. Full Leather Morocco Label With Title And Seven Pairs Of Gilt Rules On Spine Hinges And Binding Sound Worn At Edges Frayed Through At Two Rear Tips Only Dampstaining To Lower Right Of Front Endpaper And Title A Little Less Than 1/4 Of Pages. No Illustrations But An Interesting Unattributed Article "An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Man" Which In Very General Layman's Language Discusses Evolution Of All Races Of Man From A Common Ancestor. E. J. Coale hardcover
1979ref. BN681228Williams & Wilkins 1979. 1979. Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms: Proceedings. Ed by O.K. Sebek. Symp Held June 4-9 1978 Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms: Proceedings. Ed by O.K. Sebek. Symp Held June 4-9 1978 Sebek O. K. I. Laskin Allen and 1978 International Symposium on Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms 3d University of Wisconsin--Madison Williams & Wilkins unknown
ref. ria9780198783695_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A fresh approach to biology centred on a clear narrative active learning and confidence with quantitative concepts and scientific enquiry. Designed for flexible learning it will give you a deeper understanding of the key concepts an paperback
ref. 0080319939.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1974ref. 64529Seattle WA: University of Washington Press 1974. 8vo. xxiii 1 510 pp. Photo frontisp. 25 plates & illustrations. Green textured publisher’s boards gilt lettering slight shelfwear very slight rubbing w/ d.j. wraparound cover art of DNA Molecule model by Johsel Namkung minor edgewear scuffing NF/VG copy from the library of Elof Axel Carlson 1931-2025 noted geneticist historian of science and fierce opponent of eugenics. First American edition of this “well-documented history of molecular biology” by the noted historian of science at the University of Pittsburgh who specialized in genetics and molecular biology and featuring preface by Crick Nobel Price-winning discoverer of the double-helix structure with James Watson & Maurice Wilkins. Garrison & Morton 258.9. University of Washington Press, hardcover
1965ref. 64528New York NY: Harper & Row Publishers 1965. 8vo. viii 2 165 1 pp. With tables charts diagrams. Black publisher’s cloth lettering & decoration in gilt & blue metallic ink mustard-coloured endpapers minor shelfwear slight rubbing w/ d.j. slight shelfwear still NF/NF copy signed by the author on ffep. from the library of Elof Axel Carlson 1931-2025 noted geneticist historian of science and fierce opponent of eugenics ownership marking dated Feb. 2 1966 w/ a couple pencil annotation text corrections by Carlson. First edition 2nd printing code L-P on verso Nov. 1965 of this excellent “synthesis and evaluation of events in the history of genetics. . . the author does not hesitate to draw upon his own extensive and hitherto unpublished knowledge to create something of the exciting atmosphere of the ‘fly room’ at Columbia.” Sturtevant 1891-1970 was a core member of Thomas Hunt Morgan’s research team that laid the foundations for modern genetics and in 1913 built the first genetic map of a chromosome. By 1928 he became professor of genetics at CalTech worked with Nobel Prize-winner George Beadle and later the 1965 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science and the 1967 National Medal of Science. Morgan did choose in 1933 to share his Nobel Prize money with Sturtevant and Bridges. Harper & Row, Publishers, hardcover
1889ref. 64520London UK: Macmillan and Co. 1889. 8vo. ix 5 259 1 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads including the inserted unpaginated errata leaf. With diagrams text figures tables. Plum-coloured publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine edgewear rubbing minor soiling to covers slightly cocked still G- copy from the library of Elof Axel Carlson 1931-2025 noted geneticist historian of science and fierce opponent of eugenics and J.H. Rickes. First edition of this first major statistical and biometric study of biological variation which established foundational concepts like regression to the mean and the law of ancestral heredity that shaped quantitative genetics. Galton was a pioneer in forensic science heredity and more fields and half-cousin to Charles Darwin whose studies on inheritance of certain traits such as the hereditary nature of later served as the basis of behavioral genetics or eugenics which later was used to justify compulsory sterilization programs across the United States and by Nazi Germany for mass extermination. Garrison & Morton 233. Macmillan and Co., hardcover
1916ref. 64516Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press January 1916. Tall 8vo. ii 106 pp. Sepia-tinted photogravure frontisp. of Gregor Mendel 3 large folding diagrams text illustrations diagrams. Gray-brown softcovers title on front cover contents on back cover minor edgewear toning minor chipping head & foot of spine minor bumping to corners still a VG- copy from the libraries of Elof Axel Carlson 1931-2025 noted geneticist historian of science and fierce opponent of eugenics and his mentor Hermann J. Mueller 1890-1967 Nobel Prize-winning geneticist who first showed exposure to radiation could produce mutations in living organisms ink manuscript note in Mueller’s hand indicating he had ordered a Mendel portrait on April 3. First edition of the first issues of this groundbreaking American scientific journal on genetics which featured Calvin Bridges pioneering work on nondisjunction which offered proofs that genes reside in chromosomes which set up the nomenclature system for naming fly mutants; one of Jennings’ foundational works proving that conjugation resulted in new combinations of hereditary traits and finally Cushing’s important work on tracing kindred with symphalangism or inheritance of genetic disorder causing straight fingers from fusion of finger joints. These early papers for clinical genetics served as excellent studies for launching this key periodical which would continue to be advanced and influenced prominent American biologists and geneticists in Jennings and Morgan’s circles. Shull was a prominent early geneticist who began as a botanical investigator at the Carnegie Institution and later with Princeton from 1915 to 1942 applying the principles of Mendelian heredity in analyzing the inheritance of quantitative characters in corn and later influenced hybridization techniques in tandem with Luther Burbank. Princeton University Press, paperback
1969ref. 64531London UK: Radius Book/Hutchinson 1969. 8vo. x 2 273 1 pp. Text illustrations. Colour-illustrated softcovers minor creasing to lower corner rear cover still VG bright copy inscribed “In good friendship Lotte” to Elof Axel Carlson 1931-2025 noted geneticist historian of science and fierce opponent of eugenics. Revised edition signed of this well-written work by the pioneering Jewish German-British geneticist considered the “mother of chemical mutagenesis” who had discovered while researching mustard gas through World War II that it could induce gene mutations in fruit flies and that chemicals could alter DNA. Auerbach 1899-1994 was perhaps also best remembered for her work Genetics in the Atomic Age 1956 as well as her vociferous opposition to Nuclear weapons and Apartheid. Radius Book/Hutchinson, paperback
2000ref. 16361Saint Paul Minn.: Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station University of Minnesota. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2000. Hardcover. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4"; x 304 pages; Hard cover is glazed boards. Light rubbing and scuffing to boards. Red spine with black lettering. Pages are clean and tight. Covers instructors in the Department of Agronomy for 112 years as well as various crops studied. Includes 5 appendices; index. Overweight/3.5#. . Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota hardcover
1950ref. S8283no place: ca.1950-59. 1950. Includes many photos & figs. All with original wrappers. Rubber stamps or ownership signatures of Norman Horowitz. A FINE GROUP. RARE. Selection of papers from the 1950's dealing with a variety of important topics in genetics. Three of the papers are INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Includes studies of: Neurospora salmonella E. Coli bacterial populations genetic exchange mutations bacteriophages pneumococcus radiation damage bacterial growth radiation induced genetic change and DNA structure.Authors are: Homare Kuwana 2 papers; 1 INSCRIBED; S. B. Greer 1 paper; Mary Griffiths & R. Y. Stanier 1 paper; Ole Maale 6 papers; 2 INSCRIBED; J. Gross & E. Englesberg 1 paper; Charles Huebschman 1 paper; Zlata Hartman; Kerry T. Yasunobu & Walter B. Dandliker 1 paper; Henry T. Yost Jr. Dwight W. Fitterer Jr. & Howard Goldin 1 paper; Bention Nisman Georges N. Cohen Susan B. Wiesendanger & Marie-Louise Hirsch 1 paper; Thomas Clifford Nelson 1 paper; . Masamitsu Miyamoto & Thomas B. Fitzpatrick 1 paper; Edwin B. Kalan & P. R. Srinivasan 1 paper; Esther M. Lederberg 2 papers; Rollin D. Hotchkiss 4 papers; Alexander Hollaender et al 6 papers; Marie-Louise Hirsch & G. N. Cohen 1 paper; H. J. Teas 1 paper; Jan Weijer 4 papers; H. Edwin Umbarger & Edward A. Adelberg 1 paper; Thomas F. Anderson & A. H. Doermann 2 papers; M. Westergaard 1 paper; Royston C. Clowes 3 papers; W. Arber G. Kellenberger & J. Weigle 1 paper; Haim Yaniv & Charles Gilvarg 1 paper; Stephen Zamenhof 1 paper; Howard B. Newcombe 3 papers. ca.1950-59. unknown
1994ref. 824798987book in excellent condition never used no mark light yellow pages due to aging satisfied guaranteed. A customer service.shipping within 2 working days An American Chemical Society Publication hardcover
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