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100 1 _aBateson, William,
_d1861-1926
245 1 0 _aMendel's principles of heredity: A defence
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2022-11-16
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Mendel, G. Experiments in plant-hybridisation (tr. of a paper originally published in the Verhandl. Naturf. ver. in Brünn, 1866] -- Mendel, G. On hieracium-hybrids obtained by artificial fertilisation [tr. of a paper originally published in the Verhandl. Naturf. ver. in Brünn, 1870] -- A defence of Mendel's principles of heredity [against the criticism of W.F.R. Weldon]
508 _aThiers Halliwell, ellinora, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Mendel's Principles of Heredity: A Defence" by William Bateson is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work serves to elucidate and defend the groundbreaking principles of heredity established by Gregor Mendel, alongside a translation of Mendel's original papers on hybridization. The book discusses the significance of Mendel’s work within the context of evolution and inheritance, providing insights into the mechanics of genetic inheritance through detailed experiments with pea plants. The opening of the work presents a preface by William Bateson, highlighting the historical neglect of Mendel’s discoveries despite their transformative implications for evolutionary biology. In it, Bateson discusses the competitive and somewhat conservative nature of the scientific community regarding new ideas and theories stemming from Darwinism. He expresses discontent over critiques levied against Mendel’s principles, specifically addressing Professor Weldon's objections, and emphasizes the necessity for Mendel's work to reach a wider audience to inspire further investigation into heredity. Bateson hints at the considerable advances in scientific understanding that could be achieved through the continued study of Mendelian genetics, setting the stage for the in-depth analysis of Mendel’s experiments to follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: University Press, 1902
653 _aHeredity
653 _aMendel's law
653 _aWeldon, Walter Frank Raphael. Mendel's laws of alternative inheritance in peas
653 _aHybridization
700 1 _aMendel, Gregor,
_d1822-1884
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69362
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