Sources of Wilhelm Johannsen's genotype theory

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 457-493

  Roll Hansen, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Continuous variation; Gene; Genotype; Johannsen; Mutation; Phenotype; Pure line; Selection experiment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTORY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE;

GENES, PLANT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 70350007057     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-008-9166-8     Document Type: Article

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