1st Edition
Heredity Before Mendel Festetics and the Question of Sheep's Wool in Central Europe
Prologue
Author Biography
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Enigma of Heredity
2. Sheep and Heredity
3. From Sheep to Peas
4. The Legacy of Imre Festetics
Summary
Epilogue
Appendix 1: The Opinion of J. M. Ehrenfels About Inbreeding
Appendix 2: Explanations of Emmerich Festetics About Inbreeding
Appendix 3: Explanations of Christian Carl and Rudolph Andre
Appendix 4: Festetics’s Letter to Hugo Salm
Appendix 5: J. K. Nestler’s Lecture About Procreation and Heredity
Appendix 6: F. Diebl’s Lecture About the Formation of Wheat Varieties
Appendix 7: Hempel’s Paper About Artificial Fertilization
Abbreviations
References
Index
Biography
Péter Poczai is Curator at the Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland. He received his PhD from the University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary. He is the author or co-author of dozens of scientific peer reviewed journal articles.
This is a valuable contribution to the history of genetics. It properly sets Mendel's achievements in a context of the scientific richness that characterized Moravia and Hungary at the time. It is highly recommended for libraries frequented by those interested in the history of science.
Mark F. Sanders, PhD(UC Davis College of Biological Sciences)
