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100 1 _aMorgan, Thomas Hunt,
_d1866-1945
245 1 0 _aSome possible bearings of genetics on pathology
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-07-20
508 _aBryan 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/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"Some Possible Bearings of Genetics on Pathology" by Thomas Hunt Morgan is a scientific publication based on a lecture delivered before the New York Pathological Society in the early 20th century, specifically in the year 1922. The book explores the intersections between the fields of genetics and pathology, particularly focusing on how genetic principles can help understand hereditary diseases and defects. Morgan, a prominent geneticist, presents his findings on inheritance patterns and the significance of genetic research in the understanding of various medical conditions. In this work, Morgan discusses how Mendelian genetics provides insights into the inheritance of traits, both normal and abnormal, utilizing examples from animal studies and human pathology. He emphasizes that the study of genetic inheritance extends beyond simply focusing on defects to include understanding the normal variations in traits. The book addresses various forms of inheritance, such as dominant and recessive traits, and provides illustrations through cross-breeding experiments using model organisms. Morgan also touches on the implications of these genetic principles for human disorders like color blindness, hemophilia, and even feeblemindedness while cautioning against drawing definitive conclusions from limited data. Overall, the publication serves as an important early exploration of how genetics can inform medical science, laying the groundwork for future interdisciplinary studies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Press of the New Era Print. Co, 1922
653 _aHeredity
653 _aDiseases -- Causes and theories of causation
653 _aPathology
653 _aGenetics
856 4 _uhttp://www.archive.org/details/somepossiblebear00morguoft
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71234
999 _c111960
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