The search for human chromosomes : a history of discovery /: a history of discovery. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wilson John Wall.
• Authors: Wall, W. J (Wilson J.)
• Contents: Introduction -- Background to the hunt for the human chromosome number -- Microscopes and stains: the rise of technology -- Mendel and genetics -- Chromosomes as the carriers of heredity -- Difficulties of chromosome handling and access to material -- The implications of DNA structure -- Tissue culture and the cell cycle: the answer is revealed -- The flowering of clinical genetics -- Sex and chromosomes -- What we know, what we dont́ and where this may lead us.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 179 pages), illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
• Subjects: 599.93/5; History; Human chromosomes; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology; Human chromosomes; Chromosomes; Cytogenetics -- history; Medical -- Genetics; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Molecular Biology; Medical genetics; Cellular biology (cytology); Human genetics; Cytology; Science -- History; History of science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319263366; 3319263366
• Related ISBNs: 9783319263342; 331926334X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed April 4, 2016).
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