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

ISBN-13: 9781032027432 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 240 str.

Péter Poczai

Opis

The author shares an untold narrative of heredity, an active topic of inquiry long before Gregor Mendel planted his peas. This story involves the sheep breeder, Imre Festetics. He sought to improve wool and proposed important rules of heredity. Heredity Before Mendel resurrects Festetics, the grandfather of heredity.

Recenzje

This is a valuable contribution to the history of genetics. It properly sets Mendel's achievements in a context of the scientific richness that characterized Moravia and Hungary at the time. It is highly recommended for libraries frequented by those interested in the history of science.

Mark F. Sanders, PhD(UC Davis College of Biological Sciences)

Spis treści

Prologue. Author Biography. Acknowledgments. Introduction. The Enigma of Heredity. Sheep and Heredity. From Sheep to Peas. The Legacy of Imre Festetics. Summary. Epilogue. Appendix 1: The Opinion of J. M. Ehrenfels About Inbreeding. Appendix 2: Explanations of Emmerich Festetics About Inbreeding. Appendix 3: Explanations of Christian Carl and Rudolph Andre. Appendix 4: Festetics’s Letter to Hugo Salm. Appendix 5: J. K. Nestler’s Lecture About Procreation and Heredity. Appendix 6: F. Diebl’s Lecture About the Formation of Wheat Varieties. Appendix 7: Hempel’s Paper About Artificial Fertilization. Abbreviations. References. Index.

O autorze

Péter Poczai is Curator at the Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland. He received his PhD from the University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary. He is the author or co-author of dozens of scientific peer reviewed journal articles.