Heredity In the Light of Recent Research [Paperback]

Offers a contemporaneous account of the most important advances in the study of heredity during the beginning of the twentieth century.Part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, this volume contains the 1921 third edition of L. Doncaster's Heredity in the Light of Recent Research. It offers a contemporaneous account of the most important advances in the study of heredity during the beginning of the twentieth century.Part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, this volume contains the 1921 third edition of L. Doncaster's Heredity in the Light of Recent Research. It offers a contemporaneous account of the most important advances in the study of heredity during the beginning of the twentieth century.Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. This volume contains the 1921 third edition of L. Doncaster's Heredity in the Light of Recent Research. It offers a contemporaneous account of the most important advances in the study of heredity during the beginning of the twentieth century.1. Introduction; 2. Variation; 3. The causes of variation; 4. The statistical study of heredity; 5. Mendelian heredity; 6. Mendelian heredity (continued): the inheritance of colour; 7. Some disputed questions; 8. Heredity in man; 9. Heredity and sex; Appendices; Literature list; Glossary; Index.