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The logic of life : a history of heredity

by François Jacob, Betty E. Spillman

This study traces the history of biology through the lens of heredity, examining how scientific frameworks shifted from visible structures to molecular genetics. It analyses the evolution of biological thought as a series of distinct interpretive periods.

Accession 31006 ISBN 0394472462 Publisher Pantheon
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