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  • Experimental taxonomy, 1930-1950 : the impact of cytology, ecology, and genetics on ideas of biological classification

    Creator:
    Hagen, Joel Bartholemew
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    During the years between 1930 and 1950 a number of attempts were made to introduce techniques and ideas from cytology, ecology, and genetics into the field of taxonomy. Advocates of this "experimental taxonomy" believed that cytological, ecological, and genetic techniques would provide a rigorous, objective methodology to replace the traditional...
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    , Ecology, and Genetics on Ideas of Biological Classification AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Joel

  • William Keith Brooks (1848-1908) : a case study in morphology and the development of American biology

    Creator:
    Benson, Keith Rodney
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    The major historical studies that have examined American biology have emphasized the development of experimental biology at the end of the nineteenth century. In this characterization, the descriptive branch of biology has often been treated as less than important and, in several cases, as a hindrance in the application of...
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    Dissertation
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    Morris, Dan Jones and Paul Farber. The Wednesday evening "Dinner-and- Reading Club" consisting of Joel

  • Karl Jordan : a life in systematics

    Creator:
    Johnson, Kristin Renee
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    Karl Jordan (1861-1959) was an extraordinarily productive entomologist who influenced the development of systematics, entomology, and naturalists' theoretical framework as well as their practice. He has been a figure in existing accounts of the naturalist tradition between 1890 and 1940 that have defended the relative contribution of naturalists to the...
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    Birch of the Alexander Library at the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology in Oxford, Stella