Laura Gould

Cats Are Not Peas

A Calico History of Genetics, Second Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For everyone with an interest in cats and cat breeding, this is an unforgettable and often hilarious account of the intersecting lives of cats and geneticists. The field of genetics has exploded since 1992, when the first edition of Cats Are Not Peas was completed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781568813202
• ISBN-10: 1568813201
• Artikelnr.: 22737808

Autorenporträt

Laura Gould

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
1. In the Beginning
There Was George...
2. How Do You Get a George?
3. George's Ancient Ancestry
4. Ancient Theories of Sex
5. The Genesis of Genetics
6. What Did They See and When Did They See It?
7. The Early Calico Papers
8. Twentieth-Century Theories of Sex
9. The Late Calico Papers
10. The Cat Is Out of the Bag
Afterword
Addendum: Genetics Marches On
Informal Glossary
Dateline
References
Question Index