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Cats are not Peas

A Calico History of Genetics

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Laura Gould
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. In the Beginning, There was George...

    • Laura Gould
    Pages 1-15

  3. How Do You Get a George?

    • Laura Gould
    Pages 17-42

  4. George’s Ancient Ancestry

    • Laura Gould
    Pages 43-63

  5. Ancient Theories of Sex

    • Laura Gould
    Pages 65-74

  6. The Genesis of Genetics

    • Laura Gould
    Pages 75-98

  7. What Did They See and When Did They See It?

    • Laura Gould
    Pages 99-108

  8. The Early Calico Papers

    • Laura Gould
    Pages 109-129

  9. Twentieth-Century Theories of Sex

    • Laura Gould
    Pages 131-166

  10. The Late Calico Papers

    • Laura Gould
    Pages 167-182

  11. The Cat is Out of the Bag

    • Laura Gould
    Pages 183-186

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 187-228
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About this book

After she accidentally adopted a calico cat that turned out to be a male, Laura Gould was seized by curiosity. For there to be no male calicos at all would be understandable - it was their extreme rarity that was the puzzle. Gould, an expert in linguistics with no previous training in genetics, decided to learn how this could be. Her researches took her through the great discoveries in genetics, from Mendel's studies of inheritance in peas through the discovery of the chromosome and the role of DNA - all seen from the little-known and unheralded viewpoint of the pivotal role played by cats as experimental subjects in this epic drama. Narrated with inimitable grace and wit, this is the story of an unrecognized chapter in the history of science.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cats are not Peas

  • Book Subtitle: A Calico History of Genetics

  • Authors: Laura Gould

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6313-2

  • Publisher: Copernicus New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-6315-6Published: 28 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-6313-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 228

  • Topics: Zoology, Cell Biology, Biomedicine general

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