Genetics and Eugenics

W. E. Castle

Published by Harvard University Press 1930

Genetics and Eugenics

Fourth Edition

W. E. Castle

In the series Studies in Genetics

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674493643

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
PART I. THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF GENETICS
CHAPTER I. THE PLACE OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
CHAPTER II. CHROMATIN, THE DIRECTING AGENCY OF LIFE AND THE MATERIAL BASIS OF HEREDITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
CHAPTER III. REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL AND SEXUAL; PARTHENOGENESIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
CHAPTER IV. CHROMOSOME REDUCTION AND THE GENESIS OF GAMETES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
CHAPTER V. HAPLOID, DIPLOID, TRIPLOID, AND TETRAPLOID ORGANISMS. CHROMOSOMES AND SEX. CHROMOSOMES IN RELATION TO PARTHENOGENESIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
CHAPTER VI. RELATION OF GENETICS TO THE EVOLUTION THEORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
PART II. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GENETICS
CHAPTER VII. DARWIN'S THEORY OF EVOLUTION AND ITS EVIDENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
CHAPTER VIII. CONTRIBUTIONS OF LAMARCK, WEISMANN, AND HERBERT SPENCER TO THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION; DARWIN’S THEORY OF PANGENESIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
CHAPTER IX. ARE ACQUIRED CHARACTERS INHERITED ? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
CHAPTER X. WEISMANN’S THEORY OF HEREDITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
CHAPTER XI. ATTEMPTS TO CLASSIFY AND MEASURE VARIATION: BIOMETRY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
CHAPTER XII. THE MUTATION THEORY OF DE VRIES AND THE MODERN MUTATION THEORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
CHAPTER XIII. THE PIONEER PLANT HYBRIDIZERS: THE DISCOVERY AND REDISCOVERY OF MENDEL'S LAW Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
PART III. THE ESSENTIAL FACTS OF GENETICS
CHAPTER XIV. MENDEL’S LAW OF HEREDITY ILLUSTRATED IN ANIMAL BREEDING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
CHAPTER XV. SOME MENDELIAN TERMS AND THEIR USES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
CHAPTER XVI. CALCULATING MENDELIAN EXPECTATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
CHAPTER XVII. MODIFIED MENDELIAN RATIOS; HETEROZYGOUS CHARACTERS; ATAVISM OR REVERSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
CHAPTER XVIII. THE UNIT-CHARACTERS OF RODENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
CHAPTER XIX. UNIT-CHARACTERS IN CATTLE AND HORSES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
CHAPTER XX. UNIT-CHARACTERS IN SWINE, SHEEP, DOGS, AND CATS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
CHAPTER XXI. UNIT-CHARACTERS IN POULTRY AND IN PLANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
CHAPTER XXII. UNIT-CHARACTERS OF INSECTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
CHAPTER XXIII. SEX-LINKED AND OTHER KINDS OF LINKED INHERITANCE IN DROSOPHILA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
CHAPTER XXIV. DROSOPHILA TYPE AND POULTRY TYPE OF SEX-LINKED INHERITANCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
CHAPTER XXV. LINKAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
CHAPTER XXVI. UNIT-CHARACTERS AND SELECTION; MODIFYING FACTORS AND MULTIPLE ALLELOMORPHS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
CHAPTER XXVII. THE ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF MUTATIONS; THE PURE LINE PRINCIPLE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
CHAPTER XXVIII. INHERITANCE OF SIZE AND OTHER QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERS. THE HYPOTHESIS OF MULTIPLE FACTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
CHAPTER XXIX. GENETIC CHANGES AND THE CHROMOSOMES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
CHAPTER XXX. GENETIC CHANGES IN ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN PARTHENOGENESIS, AND IN SELF-FERTILIZATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
CHAPTER XXXI. GENETIC CHANGES IN BISEXUAL REPRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
CHAPTER XXXII. INBREEDING AND CROSSBREEDING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	286
CHAPTER XXXIII. HYBRID VIGOR OR HETEROSIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
CHAPTER XXXIV. GALTON’S LAW OF ANCESTRAL HEREDITY AND HIS PRINCIPLE OF REGRESSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
CHAPTER XXXV. SEX DETERMINATION, SEX MOSAICS AND SEX HORMONES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
CHAPTER XXXVI. PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
CHAPTER XXXVII. PRINCIPLES OF LIVE STOCK IMPROVEMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE RELATION OF MENDELISM TO MUTATION AND EVOLUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
PART IV. EUGENICS
CHAPTER XXXIX. HUMAN CROSSES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
CHAPTER XL. HUMAN HEREDITY IN GENERAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
CHAPTER XLI. PHYSICAL INHERITANCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
CHAPTER XLII. HEREDITY OF GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY, INSANITY, EPILEPSY, AND FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
CHAPTER XLIII. THE POSSIBILITY AND PROSPECTS OF BREEDING A BETTER HUMAN RACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	388
BIBLIOGRAPHY I. (1920) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
BIBLIOGRAPHY II. (1920–1924) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	442
BIBLIOGRAPHY III. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	458
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	469

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1930
Edition: 4th rev. ed. Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 474
Illustrations
- Other: 170 illustrations
Keywords: Genetics.; Eugenics.; Hybridization.; Heredity.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674493643

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1930
ISBN: 9780674493636