Making mice: standardizing animals for american biomedical research, 1900-1955
Auteur :
Rader, Karen
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691016368
Date de publication :
21 mars 2004
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
595 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Blends scientific biography, institutional history, and cultural history to show how genetically standardized mice came to play a central role in contemporary American biomedical research. This work introduces us to mouse "fanciers" who bred mice for different characteristics, and to the structures of modern biomedical research.