Heredity under the Microscope: Chromosomes and the Study of the Human Genome

by Soraya de Chadarevian

Book Overview

By focusing on chromosomes, Heredity under the Microscope offers a new history of postwar human genetics. Today chromosomes are understood as macromolecular assemblies and are analyzed with a variety of molecular techniques. Yet for much of the twentieth century, researchers studied chromosomes by looking through a microscope. Unlike any other technique, chromosome analysis offered a direct glimpse of the complete human genome, opening up seemingly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022668511X
• ISBN13: 9780226685113
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"