Gregor Mendel : planting the seeds of genetics / Simon Mawer.

New York : Abrams, in association with the Field Museum, Chicago, 2006.

176 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-168) and index.

Prologue -- The lectures, 1865 -- Childhood : from Johann to Gregor -- Education -- The scientific landscape -- The research program -- The follow-up -- Life beyond peas -- The rediscovery -- The Mendel legacy -- New currents in genetics -- From code to genome -- Where do we go from here? -- Pushing into the unknown -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Illustration credits.