The Architect of Inheritance: Thomas Hunt Morgan, (Paperback)

<p>For decades after Darwin, the field of biology faced a fundamental crisis: Where was the physical engine of inheritance? The greatest theories of the age were in conflict, leaving the mechanism of evolution a mystery.</p><p>Enter <strong>Thomas Hunt Morgan</strong>, a brilliant but relentless skeptic who trusted nothing he couldn't observe. His search for the <strong>physical basis</strong> of heredity led him to a small, cluttered laboratory at Columbia-the infamous <strong>Fly Room</strong>. Surrounded by thousands of fruit flies, Morgan and his young, rebellious team were determined to prove all existing theories wrong.</p><p>Then, in 1910, the breakthrough came: the discovery of a single, mutant fly with <strong>white eyes</strong>.</p><p><em>The Architects of Inheritance</em> is the dramatic story of how this tiny insect and the brilliant minds in the Fly Room unified a broken science. It chronicles Morgan's journey to prove that the 'factors' of heredity-<strong>genes</strong>-were material units physically located on the <strong>chromosomes</strong>, launching the modern age of genetics and forever changing our understanding of life itself. Approx.164 pages, 30400 word count</p>

• The Architect of Inheritance: Thomas Hunt Morgan, (Paperback)
• Author: Michael Webster
• ISBN: 9798233524578
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2025-12-11
• Page Count: 262