General Genetics

Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction, Concepts and Methods....Pages 1-18 The Statistical Methods and Their Results....Pages 19-47 Premendelian Theories of Genetics....Pages 48-65 The Rise of the Experimental Method....Pages 66-80 The Results of Mendel’s Experiments and of Analogous Investigations....Pages 81-105 The Reliability of Segregation Ratios....Pages 106-123 Relations Between Genes I....Pages 124-154 Relations Between Genes II....Pages 155-182 The Mutual Similarity of the F 1 -Individuals....Pages 183-195 The Mutual Similarity of Reciprocal Crosses....Pages 196-223 Localization of the Factors....Pages 224-245 Regularity and Irregularity in Chromosome Configurations....Pages 246-288 The Mechanism of the Exchange of Genes....Pages 289-306 The Nature of Genes....Pages 307-336 The Role of the Plasm....Pages 337-366 The Moment of Factor Segregation....Pages 367-395 True-Breeding Hybrids....Pages 396-409 Sex as a Genetic Characteristic and a Genic Expression....Pages 410-446 Change in the Heritable Predisposition of the Individual....Pages 447-467 Changes of Heritable Tendencies in Pure Lines and Populations....Pages 468-500 The Development of the Individual and Its Heritable Tendency....Pages 501-543 The Boundary of Genetics and its Applications....Pages 544-568 Back Matter....Pages 569-628