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