The 'domestication' of heredity: The familial organization of geneticists at Cambridge University, 1895-1910

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 565-605

  Richmond, Marsha L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambridge biology; Domestic science; Edith Rebecca Saunders; History of genetics; Mendelism; William Bateson; Women in science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748880979     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-004-5431-7     Document Type: Review

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