The holist tradition in twentieth century genetics. Wilhelm Johannsen's genotype concept

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2431-2438

  Roll Hansen, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; ANIMAL; HISTORY; PLANT GENE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOMES; GENES, PLANT; GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY;

EID: 84901509050     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.272120     Document Type: Review

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