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Human and Mammalian Cytogenetics

An Historical Perspective

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  • © 1979

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Authors:
  1. T. C. Hsu

    1. Section of Cell Biology, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute Texas Medical Center, The University of Texas System Cancer Center, Houston, USA

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Knights of the Dark Age

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 4-14

  4. The Hypotonic Miracle

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 15-24

  5. From 48 to 46

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 25-30

  6. The Foundation of Somatic Cell Genetics

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 31-37

  7. Funny Looking Kids

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 38-44

  8. Of Beans, Weeds, and Human Cytogenetics

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 45-49

  9. Sex and the Single Chromosome

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 50-57

  10. The Denver Conference and Beyond

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 58-63

  11. The Occasional Lion Tamer

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 64-70

  12. The Pathologist Who Went Astray

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 71-76

  13. Anomalous Sex Chromosome Systems

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 77-82

  14. The Somatic Cell Genetics Conferences

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 83-87

  15. Mammals for Cytogeneticists

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 88-93

  16. Old Cultures Never Die?

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 94-98

  17. The Bandwagon

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 99-107

  18. In Situ Hybridization: Marriage Between Molecular Biology and Cytology

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 108-115

  19. Junk DNA and Chromatin?

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 116-122

  20. The Giemsa Magic

    • T. C. Hsu
    Pages 123-131
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About this book

The history of science is mostly written retrospec­ tively, a generation or two after the actual events being discussed. Science historians are now analyzing and evaluating the origins of evolutionary and genetical theory in the nineteenth century and a sort of "Darwin industry" seems to have grown up. A history of mammalian cytogenetics by one of the main participants is, hence, a very welcome change, since it has a vividness, an immediacy and a personal flavor which these scholarly tomes and the official biog­ raphies of scientists mostly lack. The life of the author, Chinese-born, T. C. Hsu, has been a romantic and color­ ful one, and he is himself a unique personality, so that his book is a very unusual blend of reminiscences, history of his special field (which has transformed human genetics) and wise comments on the mistakes made along the way. The best qualities of a very fine Chinese mind have contributed to Dr. Hsu's career, including this book. Those qualities (which seem to me especially Chinese) include a kind of transparent honesty, a very direct em­ pirical approach to problems and superb technical ability.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Section of Cell Biology, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute Texas Medical Center, The University of Texas System Cancer Center, Houston, USA

    T. C. Hsu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human and Mammalian Cytogenetics

  • Book Subtitle: An Historical Perspective

  • Authors: T. C. Hsu

  • Series Title: Heidelberg Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6159-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-90364-4Published: 18 June 1979

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-6159-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0073-1595

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 186

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Medicine/Public Health, general

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