Heredity Before Mendel: Festetics and the Question of Sheep's Wool in Central Europe

by Pter Poczai and Peter Poczai

Book Overview

The history of Science is replete with untold stories and this book is one of these accounts. The author shares a narrative of heredity, an active topic of inquiry long before Gregor Mendel - the father of genetics - planted his peas. One such interlude unfolded in Mendel's home city and involved the sheep breeder, Imre Festetics. He sought to improve wool and proposed important rules of heredity. Unfortunately, aspects of wool quality, now known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103201508X
• ISBN13: 9781032015088
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"