The Role of the Vilmorin Company in the Promotion and Diffusion of the Experimental Science of Heredity in France, 1840-1920

Institutions in the commercial sector, especially those marketing seeds for agricultural use, have long had an interest in understanding heredity. Much of what we know of this relationship concerns the period since the rediscovery of Mendel's work in 1900. Little is known of the nature of this...

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Published in:Journal of the history of biology 1998-06, Vol.31 (2), p.241-262
Main Authors: Gayon, Jean, Zallen, Doris T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Biology
Business structures
Genetic hybridization
Genetic research
Genetics
Heredity
History of science and technology
History, Philosophy and Sociology of Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hybridity
Life sciences
Palaeontology
evolution
genetics
Plant breeding
Plants
Wheat
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Summary:Institutions in the commercial sector, especially those marketing seeds for agricultural use, have long had an interest in understanding heredity. Much of what we know of this relationship concerns the period since the rediscovery of Mendel's work in 1900. Little is known of the nature of this relationship in the nineteenth century. In this paper, we will focus on the role played by one company - the Vilmorin Company in France - in the promotion of an experimental science of heredity from 1840 to 1920.
ISSN:0022-5010
1573-0387
DOI:10.1023/A:1004335619901