Gregor Mendel

[Pages:109]Gregor Mendel

And the Roots of Genetics

Owen Gingerich General Editor

Gregor Mendel

And the Roots of Genetics Edward Edelson

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Edelson, Edward

Gregor Mendel / Edward Edelson.

p. cm. -- (Oxford Portraits in Science)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: Explores the life of Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk whose

experiments with pea plants became a foundation for modern genetics.

ISBN 0-19-512226-7 (hardcover); 0-19-515020-1 (paperback)

1. Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884---Juvenile literature. 2. Geneticists--Austria--Biogra-

phy---Juvenile literature. [1. Mendel, Gregor, 1822--1884. 2. Geneticists.]

I. Tide. II. Series.

QH31.M45E34

1999

576.5'092--dc21 98-37541

[b]

CIP

AC

98765432

Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper

On the cover Gregor Mendel in the days of his experiments; Inset Mendel as Abbot Frontispiece: Medal commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mendel's papers on heredity.

Contents

Chapter 1: Mendel is Discovered

8

Sidebar. Heredity before Mendel

11

Sidebar: Mendel and Communism

16

Chapter 2: Young Mendel Chooses the Monastic Life

18

Chapter 3: Mendel Begins Plant Experiments

40

Sidebar. Mendel and Darwin

50

Chapter 4: Mendel Becomes the Abbot

58

Chapter 5: Mendel's Last Years

70

Chapter 6: Mendel Rediscovered

78

Sidebar: Did Mendel Cheat?

84

Chapter 7: Mendel's Legacy

88

Sidebar: The Human Genome Project

96

Chronology

99

Further Reading

101

Index

103

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