The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.

MORGAN, T. H. [Thomas Hunt]; A. H. STURTEVANT; H. J. MULLER; & C. B. BRIDGES

Published by New York: Henry Holt, 1915.

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Frontispiece, xiii, 262 pp, 64 text figures. Original cloth. Top & bottom of spine slightly frayed. Spine rubbed, with gilt spine lettering dull. Rear cover unevenly sunned along a narrow strip at top edge (see photo). Ink name stamp of former owner R. A. Hefner on front flyleaf and on rear pastedown. Good. First Edition. The first printing, which is offered here, has the date 1915 printed on the title page. The date was removed from the title page in later printings and a number, such as 2, was printed on the verso of the title page to indicate the printing. The authors are Thomas Hunt Morgan, Alfred H. Sturtevant, Hermann J. Muller, and Calvin B. Bridges. Garrison-Morton 246: "Summarizes the major early findings of Morgan's Drosophila research group, which based its research on the rapidly reproducing small vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster, often called the fruit fly. This epoch-making book presented evidence that genes were arranged linearly on chromosomes, and that the Mendelian laws could be shown to be based on observable events occurring in cells. The group also showed that heredity could be studied rigorously and quantitatively. Morgan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1933 ['for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity']." Hermann J. Muller was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1946 "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation". NOTE about former owner R. A. HEFNER. Robert A. Hefner (1892-1985) received a Bacher of Science degree in 1923 from Ohio Northern University, and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State University in 1924 and 1929. After spending one year at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, he joined the faculty as a zoologist at Miami University in Ohio in 1925, where he remained for 60 years. He became the Director of the Museum of Natural History at Miami University, which is now named after him. In 1973 a lecture series at Miami University named after him was begun and continues to this day (2025).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.
• Publisher: New York: Henry Holt, 1915.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good