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How we get Mendel wrong, and why it matters: challenging the narrative of Mendelian genetics

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  • Corrects the distorting stereotypical representations of Mendelian genetics and provides an authentic picture of how science is done, focusing on Gregor Mendel and his actual contributions to science
  • Explains how the oversimplifications of Mendelian genetics were exploited by ideologues to provide the presumed "scientific" basis for eugenics
  • Proposes a shift in school education from teaching how the science of genetics is done using model systems to teaching the complexities of development through which heredity is materialized.

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CRC Press
1003833497 / 9781003833499
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
576.509
28/12/2023
United Kingdom
English
250 pages
Copy: 30%; print: 30%
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