Mendelian Revolution

Peter J. Bowler is Emeritus Professor in the School of History and Anthropology at Queen’s University Belfast and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ireland.

• Preface1 Mendelism: Discovery or Invention2 Heredity Before Darwin3 Evolution and Heredity4 The Cell in Development and Heredity5 Mendel's Contribution6 The Emergence of Mendelism7 Classical Genetics8 Heredity and Politics9 Epilogue: From Classical to Molecular GeneticsBibliographyIndex