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THE subject of inheritance is growing so rapidly that text-books dealing with it are not only in constant need of revision but also can scarcely cover the ground, in an adequate manner, in one volume. There is therefore an increasing tendency to compile more specialised text-books than formerly. Thus the present work deals with recent advances in the study of inheritance in plants. A brief summary of Mendel's work is followed by a concise account of modern research under the headings: stages of development, nucleus and inheritance, chromosomes and inheritance, Morgan's theory (of linkage and crossing over) in botany, protoplasm and inheritance, sterility and lethality, sexuality, and research on mutations. The section on sterility and lethality is especially useful, as this subject is rarely treated adequately in works on inheritance. The author keeps strictly to his subject of plant-life, but usefully directs attention to the difficulties of correlating some of the conclusions reached by geneticists working on animal life with facts emerging from plant breeding.
Erblichkeitsforschung an Pflanzen: ein Abriss ihrer Entwicklung in den letzten 15 Jahren.
Prof. Dr.
Friedrich
Oehlkers
Von. (Wissenschaftliche Forschungsberichte, Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, herausgegeben von Dr. Raphael Ed. Liesegang, Band 18.) Pp. viii + 203. (Dresden und Leipzig: Theodor Steinkopff, 1927.) 13 gold marks.
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Erblichkeitsforschung an Pflanzen: ein Abriss ihrer Entwicklung in den letzten 15 Jahren . Nature 122, 473 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122473b0
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