Translation of: Vererbung : Geschichte und Kultur eines biologischen Konzepts / Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Staffan Müller-Wille. 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-301) and index.
Heredity : knowledge and power -- Generation, reproduction, evolution -- Heredity in separate domains -- First syntheses -- Heredity, race, and eugenics -- Disciplining heredity -- Heredity and molecular biology -- Gene technology, genomics, postgenomics : attempt at an outlook