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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-358) and index
Description:
Origins : a seaside biology school for teachers -- Charles Davenport and the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Station for Experimental Evolution -- Cold Spring Harbor becomes a center for eugenics; 1910/1940 -- Davenport continues an ambitious research program at the Station for Experimental Evolution -- The Long Island Biological Association takes over the Biological Laboratory -- Reginald Harris carves out a new niche for the laboratory -- The Symposia on Quantitative Biology -- Cold Spring Harbor, 1930s/1940s -- Cold Spring Harbor at war -- The postwar transformation -- Molecular genetics comes of age -- Troubled times -- Troubles continue -- 1970s research -- A period of expansion, 1978/1988 -- A change of leadership -- Into the 21st century