Mutation: The History of an Idea from Darwin to Genomics

by Elof Axel Carlson

Today, most scientists regard the term "mutation" as a description of a change in an individual gene, and more precisely as some minute alteration of the DNA of that gene, especially a nucleotide substitution. But the idea of mutation has changed considerably from the pre-Mendelian concepts of Darwin's generation, who viewed "fluctuating variations" as the raw material on which evolution acted, to today's up-to-the-minute genomic context of mutation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936113309
• ISBN13: 9781936113309
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"