Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-161) and index.
Ch. 1. Where It All Began -- Ch. 2. Genetic Experiments -- Ch. 3. The Crown Gall Breakthrough -- Ch. 4. Direct Gene Transfer -- Ch. 5. Where We Are Now, and the Future -- App. 1. Cesium Chloride Density Gradients and Their Use in DNA Analysis -- App. 2. Hybridization Experiments with DNA -- App. 3. What Classical Genetics Says About Transformation Experiments -- App. 4. Plasmids, Transposons, and Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacteria -- App. 5. Liposomes -- App. 6. Cell Electroporation