Hybrids, pure cultures, and pure lines: from nineteenth-century biology to twentieth-century genetics

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 796-806

  Müller Wille, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Gregor Mendel; Hybridization; Martinus Beijerinck; Pure culture; Wilhelm Johannsen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYBRID CELL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; MICROBIOLOGY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 36349007542     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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