Abstract
THIS volume by the late Prof. Enriques is a text covering the field of Mendelism from the cyto-logical point of view. Although dealing mainly with zoological material, there are numerous references to plants as well. The book contains eleven chapters and a bibliography. The results of modern genetic cytology are clearly set forth in the form of nine ‘laws’, a separate chapter being devoted to each. These include, for example, the laws of heterozygosis, segregation, independence in variability, sex determination, synapsis and interference of the genes. The work will no doubt be useful in spreading a knowledge of the cyto-logical bases of Mendelian heredity among Italian biologists.
Le Leggi di Mendel e i cromosomi. Opera premiata dalla Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze i Nuovi Lincei.
Paolo
Enriques
Per. Pp. ii + 225. (Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, 1932.) 25 lire.
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Le Leggi di Mendel e i cromosomi Opera premiata dalla Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze i Nuovi Lincei. Nature 132, 191 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132191c0
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