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Experiments in Genetics

Experiments in Genetics by Hurst, Charles Chamberlain

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Title
Experiments in Genetics
Author
Hurst, Charles Chamberlain
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925. First edition. SELECTED PAPERS REPORTING 30 YEARS OF EXPERIMENTS IN GENETICS (1894-1914), SPANNING THE PERIOD OF MERGING MEDELISM WITH DARWINISM. 18x26.5x5 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, i-xxiv, 578 pp, 175 figures (many fold-out). Near fine in very good jacket with small tears top edge and soiled back cover. FROM THE PREFACE: "After thirty years it may serve a useful purpose to collect into one volume the more important papers reporting the results of my experiments and researches in the Genetics of Plants, Animals and Man carried out from 1894 to 1924. These reports are for the most part scattered in the Transactions and Proceedings of various scientific societies some of which are not very accessible, while others, published by certain specialist societies ire, judging from my correspondence, difficult to obtain or to consult. It will be observed that no papers appeared between 1913 and 1921, owing to my absence on military service. It is regrettable to have to record such a break in the continuity of the experiments which had been carried on at Burbage continuously from 1894 to 1914." CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN HURST (1870–1947) collected the first data to advance the theory that blue eye color was recessive to brown. He carried out many investigations into the genetics of coat color inheritance in horses, chickens and other domestic animals. As well as studying eye colour in humans he was an ardent eugenicist and believed fervently that the human race could be improved by genetic study. In his 1932 book on The Mechanism of Creative Evolution Hurst adopted the chromosome theory of inheritance whole-heartedly referring copiously to Thomas Hunt Morgan's Drosophila work, and he was also clearly a staunch Darwinist. He believed that natural selection and Mendelian genetics were compatible, and referred to the theoretical work of Sewall Wright, R.A. Fisher, and J.B.S. Haldane, which proved that quantitative traits and natural selection were compatible with Mendelism. Hurst was also a major initiator of the modern "genetical species concept" later known as the biological species concept. This was very much in tune with William Bateson's own beliefs, and Bateson's views on this topic were revered by many other geneticists worldwide, including Theodosius Dobzhansky. Such views were typical of the stance in evolutionary biology, adopted later by and today mainly credited to Theodosius Dobzhansky and Ernst Mayr, and dubbed "The Modern Synthesis" by Julian Huxley in 1942. Given the nickname 'Bateson's Bulldog', Hurst has been described along with Bateson as one of the two leaders of Mendelism in England at the turn of the 20th Century. Bateson and Hurst collaborated in the battle against the biometricians Karl Pearson and Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, with Hurst generating much data from experimental crosses of different plant varieties and animal color variants, including chickens, horses, and man. Together they practically proved that Mendelian genetics could be extended to many different systems. Hurst was much younger than Bateson, but had a fiery passion for genetics, great skill in debate, and an approachableness lacking in some of his older peers which meant he was well respected within the scientific and lay community." REFERENCES TO HURST: Cock,Alan G. & Forsdyke, D.R. 2008. Treasure Your Exceptions. The Science and Life of William Bateson. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Chapter 10. Bateson's Bulldog. pp. 269-294; Schwartz, J. 2008. In Pursuit of the Gene. From Darwin to DNA. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. pp. 133-143.
Born to Be Bad: Postcards from the Great Trash Films, Volume II

Born to Be Bad: Postcards from the Great Trash Films, Volume II by Barson, Michael, comp.

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Born to Be Bad: Postcards from the Great Trash Films, Volume II
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Barson, Michael, comp.
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ReadInk (United States)
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9780679725558
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New York: Pantheon Books. Near Fine. (c.1989). First Edition. Softcover. 0679725555 . [virtually as new, with just a touch of handling wear]. Trade PB (color reproductions) Oversize-postcard size reproductions (approx. 5"x8") of one-sheet posters or lobby cards from 31 B-movie classics, including TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE, DETOUR, GUN CRAZY, CRY BABY KILLER, BLONDE SAVAGE, PRIVATE HELL 36, and so forth. The follow-up to a previous compilation, "Lost, Lonely, and Vicious." .

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