Richard Goldschmidt, controversial geneticist and creative biologist : a critical review of his contributions / with an introduction by Karl von Frisch ; edited by Leonie K. Piternick.

Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser, 1980.

153 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Caspari, E.W. An evaluation of Goldschmidt's work after twenty years.--Hampton, L.C. A provocative view of the evolutionary process.--Sarich, V.M. A macromolecular perspective on the material basis of evolution.--Bakken, A.H. Views on the nature of the gene, the structure and function of the chromosome, and heterochromatic heredity.--Garland, E.A. The historical development of the Time law of intersexuality and its philosophical implications.--Littlefield, C.L. and Bryant, P.J. Views on sex determination.--Eakin, R.M. Contributions to the Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California.--Stern, C. Reprint of Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (1878-1958)--Goldschmidt, R.B. Reprint of The interpretation of the triploid intersexes of solenobia.--Seiler, J. Reprint of The phenomenon of intersexuality (English translation)--Goldschmidt, R.B. Reprint of Ecotype, ecospecies and macroevolution.--Piternick, L.K. Conclusion.

Includes bibliographic references