Anecdotal , Historical and Critical Commentaries on Genetics Edited by James F . Crow and William F . Dove Development : Mendel ’ s Legacy to Genetics

Anecdotal , Historical and Critical Commentaries on Genetics Edited by James F . Crow and William F . Dove The Engrailed

Anecdotal , Historical and Critical Commentaries on Genetics Edited by James F . Crow and William F . Dove Gisela Mosig

*Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington 98505 and Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental ...

Anecdotal , Historical and Critical Commentaries on Genetics Edited by James F . Crow and William F . Dove G . H . Hardy

On closer examination, however, the hope of finding a ‘‘first’’ comes to grief because of the historically dynamic character of ideas. If we describe a result with sufficient vagueness, there seems to be an endless sequence of those who had something within the vague specifications. Even plagiarists usually introduce innovations! If we specify the idea or result precisely, it turns out that exa...

Anecdotal , Historical and Critical Commentaries on Genetics Edited by James F . Crow and William F . Dove The Transformation of Genetics by DNA : An Anniversary Celebration of AVERY , MACLEOD and MCCARTY ( 1944 )

T HE publication of AVERY, MACLEOD and McCARTY (1944) just 50 years ago marked the opening of the contemporary era of genetics, its molecular phase. The reverberations continue, now dominating large sectors of biomedical science and biotechnology, and have established the centrality of genetics in biological thought (LEDERBERG 1959, 1993a). AVERY et al. (1 944) can be dissected into the follo...

Weaving a Tapestry from Threads Spun by Geneticists: The Series Perspectives on Genetics, 1987-2008.

The Perspectives column was initiated in 1987 when Jan Drake, Editor-in-Chief of GENETICS, invited Jim Crow and William Dove to serve as coeditors of "Anecdotal, Historical, and Critical Commentaries." As the series evolved over 21 years, under the guidance of Crow and Dove, the input of stories told by geneticists from many countries created a panorama of 20th-century genetics. Three recurrent...