Mendel's Principles of Heredity

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Author: William Bateson

ISBN-10: 054813667X

ISBN-13: 9780548136676

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Mendel's 1865 paper, Experiments in Plant Hybridization, remained neglected till Bateson revived interest in Mendel's studies with this 1902 work, which helped lay the groundwork for the field of genetics. 8-page color insert.

Part II Introductory. Mendel's Discovery 1Introductory-Some pre-Mendelian Writings-Mendel's Discovery-Dominant and Recessive-Segregation. Allelomorphism-Homozygote and Heterozygote. Purity of Type.II The Material Investigated 18List of Structural Characters in Plants and Animals-List of Types in which the inheritance of Colour has been studied-Preliminary Deductions-Dominance and heterozygous characters-Mendel's system distinguished from that of Galton.III Numerical Consequences and Recombinations 57Representations of the F2 Generation and Novelties due to Re-combination of Factors-Compound Characters-Combs of Fowls-Heterostylism-White Flowers from Red x Cream.IV Heredity of Colour 74Factors determining Colours: the Ratio 9:3:4-The "Presence and Absence" Hypothesis. Epistatic and Hypostatic Factors-Colours of Mice-Pied Types-A Dominant Piebald.V Heredity of Colour (continued) 88Albinos giving Coloured Offspring; Reversion on Crossing-Various Kinds of Whites-Stocks-Orchids-Pigeons-Fowls-Primula.VI Heredity of Colour (continued) 107Eye-Colours. Variations in Colour of the Iris-Deficiency of Eye-Pigments in some Coloured Types.VII Heredity of Colour (continued) 115The Genetics of Yellow Pigments in certain Animals. Yellow Mice not breeding true-The Case of Basset Hounds and the "Law of Ancestral Heredity." Relation of this Principle to Mendelian Rules.VIII Heredity of Colour (continued) 132Various Specific Phenomena in Colour-Inheritance. Relation of Colour to Hoariness in Stocks. Miscellaneous Cases. Colour of a Special Part controlling that of other Parts-Summary and Discussion-Subtraction-Stages.IX Gametic Coupling and Spurious Allelomorphism 148Pollen-Shape and Flower-Colour. Axil-Colour and Sterile Anthers-Hooded Standard and Flower-Colour in Sweet Peas.X Heredity and Sex 164Evidence from Breeding Experiments. Bryonia-Sex-limited Heredity. The Horns of Sheep-Colour-Blindness-Sex and Spurious Allelomorphism. The Currant Moth-The Cinnamon Canary-The Silky Fowl-Aglia tau-Cytological Evidence-Summary.XI Double Flowers 196Miscellaneous Cases. Recessive and Dominant Doubling-"Hose-in-Hose" Flowers-The Special Case of Double Stocks.XII Evidence as to Mendelian Inheritance in Man 205Normal Characters-Diseases and Malformations. Dominants-Sex-limited Dominants-Recessives-Notes on collecting Evidence.XIII Intermediates Between Varieties and the "Pure Lines" of Johannsen 235Intermediates as Heterozygous Forms-Subtraction-Stages of Dominants-Interfering Factors-Fluctuational Forms-"Pure Lines."XIV Miscellaneous Exceptional and Unconformable Phenomena 245Crosses breeding true without Segregation. Parthenogenetic or Apogamic Forms. Hieracium-Sexual Forms-Numerical Aberrations-Irregularities of Dominance-Alternation of Generations-Maternal Characters in certain Seeds.XV Biological Conceptions in the Light of Mendelian Discoveries 266Nature of Units-Nature of Segregation-Moment of Segregation-Differentiation of Parts compared with Segregation-Reversion and Variation. "Bush" and "Cupid" Sweet Peas-Mendelian Segregation and Species-Discontinuity in Variation-Mendelism and Natural Selection.XVI Practical Application of Mendelian Principles 291Meaning of Pure-bred-Rogueing-Raising Novelties-A Practical Example-Unfixable Types-Technical Methods-Sociological Application.Appendixes 307Part II1 Biographical Notice of Mendel 3272 Translation of the Paper on Hybridisation 3353 Translation of the Paper on Hieracium 380Bibliography 387Index of Subjects 403Index of Authors 411