Heredity under the microscope : chromosomes and the study of the human genome /

Heredity under the microscope : chromosomes and the study of the human genome /

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Author / Creator:	Chadarevian, Soraya de, author.
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2020. ©2020
Description:	1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Chromosomes -- Research -- History -- 20th century. Chromosomes. Chromosomes. Genetic Research -- history. Genome, Human. Chromosomes. Chromosomes -- Research. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12355135

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ISBN:	022668525X 9780226685250 9780226685083 022668508X 9780226685113 022668511X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 25, 2020).
Summary:	By focusing on chromosomes, Heredity under the Microscope offers a new history of postwar human genetics. Today chromosomes are understood as macromolecular assemblies and are analyzed with a variety of molecular techniques. Yet for much of the twentieth century, researchers studied chromosomes by looking through a microscope. Unlike any other technique, chromosome analysis offered a direct glimpse of the complete human genome, opening up seemingly endless possibilities for observation and intervention. Critics, however, countered that visual evidence was not enough and pointed to the need to understand the molecular mechanisms. Telling this history in full for the first time, Soraya de Chadarevian argues that the often bewildering variety of observations made under the microscope were central to the study of human genetics. Making space for microscope-based practices alongside molecular approaches, de Chadarevian analyzes the close connections between genetics and an array of scientific, medical, ethical, legal, and policy concerns in the atomic age. By exploring the visual evidence provided by chromosome research in the context of postwar biology and medicine, Heredity under the Microscope sheds new light on the cultural history of the human genome.
Other form:	Print version: De Chadarevian, Soraya. Heredity under the Microscope : Chromosomes and the Study of the Human Genome. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2020 9780226685083

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	022668525X 9780226685250 9780226685083 022668508X 9780226685113 022668511X