Genetics Collection (#4)

The Lion of the Season, 1861. Artist: John Leech
The Lion of the Season, 1861. Cartoon from Punch, London, 25 May 1861, when controversy over Darwins Origin of Species was raging

Giraffes browsing, c1885. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) French naturalist, considered that the giraffe illustrated Transformism (also known as Lamarckism)

Giraffe browsing on a tree, 1836. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) French naturalist, considered that the giraffe illustrated Transformism (also known as Lamarckism)

Jean Lamarck, French naturalist. Lamarck (1744-1829) formulated the doctrine of Transformism (also known as Lamarckism), a theory of evolution which stated that acquired characteristics could be

Farmers discussing Dishley (New Leicester) sheep, 1822. This breed of sheep arose as a result of a selective breeding programme carried out by Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) on his farm at Dishley

New Leicester (Dishley) ram, 1842. This breed of sheep arose as a result of a selective breeding programme carried out by Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) on his farm at Dishley, Leicestershire

Longhorn cattle owned by Sir John Harpur-Crewe, Calke Abbey, 1885. Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) of Dishley, Leicestershire, improved this dual-purpose dairy and beef breed of cattle

Dishley (New Leicester) sheep, 1811. This breed of sheep arose as a result of a selective breeding programme carried out by Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) on his farm at Dishley, Leicestershire

Dishley (New Leicester) Ram, c1840. This breed of sheep was the result of a selective breeding programme operated by Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) on his farm at Dishley, Leicestershire, England

William Bateson (1861-1926), British geneticist, 1914. Bateson translated the studies of Gregor Mendel and helped to establish Mendels theory of inheritance

Robert Bakewell (1725-1795), English agriculturist. Bakewell improved sheep and cattle, particularly New Leicester (Dishley) sheep and Longhorn cattle, by selective breeding at his home

Mendel, Gregor Johann (1822-1884). Austrian biologist. Mendelian inheritance. Oil

DE VRIES: MUTATIONSTHEORIE. Title page of volume two of Hugo De Vries Die Mutationstheorie, Leipzig, Germany, 1903

Domestic Cattle, Limousin calves, one-day old, born as part of embryo transplant program to improve genetics, England, November

Diagram of observations made by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945) illustrating his white-eye experiments with fruit flies
MORGAN: FRUIT FLIES. Diagram of observations made by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945) illustrating his white-eye experiments with fruit flies

(1822-1884). Austrian botanist. Diagram of the Mendelian pattern of inheritance as shown by sweet peas illustrating
DIAGRAM: GREGOR J. MENDEL (1822-1884). Austrian botanist. Diagram of the Mendelian pattern of inheritance as shown by sweet peas illustrating the original crossing, the first generation

Schistosome fluke, SEM
Schistosome fluke. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a schistosome (Schistosoma sp.) fluke worm, a cause of schistosomiasis in humans

William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930) British clergyman and educationalist. Albino, suffered poor eyesight. Spoonerisms (matathesis) named for him (i.e)

Mendelian inheritance of colour of flower in the culinary pea Pink-flowered race (left), White-flowered race (right), Cross between the two, (centre)

William Bateson (1861-1926) British geneticist. After photograph published 1914 when President of British Association for the Advancement of Science

Robert Lowe, lst Viscount Sherbrooke (1811-1892) British statesman. In 1868 appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by Gladstone. Raised to peerage as Viscount Sherbrooke in 1880

Dairy farming, farmer drawing semen straws from flask of liquid nitrogen to artificially inseminate dairy cow, England, November

The all-union agricultural exhibition in moscow, august 1939, visitors to the exhibition examining specimens of a couch-grass / wheat hybrid (developed by member of the academy of sciences)

Acedemician trofim lysenko, who was elected vice-chairman of the soviet of the union during the first session of the supreme soviet of the ussr in 1938

Simplified colourful model of DNA structure, front view

Double Helix of Human DNA

Model of animal cell, including cell nucleus, golgi body, lysosomes, centrioles, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, cytoplasm, vesicles, thin plasma membrane

Artwork of DNA structure

Stochastic gene expression, illustration C018 / 0906
Stochastic gene expression, illustration. Every cell in an organism contains every single gene that makes up the organisms genome. However, they are not all active (expressed) in each cell

Zebrafish, illustration C018 / 0919
Zebrafish (Danio rerio), illustration. This animal is a popular model organism in biological research. Its genome is fully sequenced, and its embryos are transparent, rapidly-developing

DNA transcription, illustration C018 / 0900
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) transcription. Illustration of an RNA (ribonucelic acid) polymerase molecule (centre) synthesising an mRNA (messenger RNA) strand (bottom)

Tumour suppressor protein and DNA C017 / 3647
Tumour suppressor protein and DNA. Computer artwork showing a molecule of the tumour suppressor protein p53 (blue and pink) bound to a molecule of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, yellow and orange)

TATA box-binding protein complex C017 / 7082
TATA box-binding protein complex. Molecular model showing a TATA box-binding protein (TBP, green) complexed with a strand of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, yellow) and transcription factor IIB

DNA molecule, artwork C017 / 7217
DNA molecule. Computer artwork showing a double stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule. DNA is composed of two strands twisted into a double helix

DNA molecule, artwork C017 / 0616
DNA molecule. Computer artwork looking along the interior of a double stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule. DNA is composed of two strands twisted into a double helix

Telemedicine, conceptual image C017 / 7590
Telemedicine, conceptual image

TATA box-binding protein complex C017 / 7088
TATA box-binding protein complex. Molecular model showing a TATA box-binding protein (TBP, green) complexed with a strand of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, yellow) and transcription factor IIB

Genetics research, conceptual artwork C017 / 7410
Genetics research. conceptual computer artwork

DNA molecule, artwork C017 / 0615
DNA molecule. Computer artwork looking along the interior of a double stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule. DNA is composed of two strands twisted into a double helix

DNA molecule, artwork C017 / 0617
DNA molecule. Computer artwork looking along the interior of a double stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule. DNA is composed of two strands twisted into a double helix

TATA box-binding protein complex C017 / 7084
TATA box-binding protein complex. Molecular model showing a TATA box-binding protein (TBP, green) complexed with a strand of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, yellow) and transcription factor IIB

Adenine molecule, artwork C017 / 7200
Adenine molecule. Computer artwork showing the structure of a molecule of the nucleobase adenine. Atoms are colour-coded spheres: carbon (green), nitrogen (blue), and oxygen (white)

Tumour suppressor protein and DNA C017 / 3644
Tumour suppressor protein and DNA. Computer artwork showing a molecule of the tumour suppressor protein p53 (blue and pink) bound to a molecule of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, yellow and orange)

Telemedicine, conceptual image C017 / 7594
MODEL RELEASED. Telemedicine, conceptual image

Cytosine-guanine interaction, artwork C017 / 7215
Cytosine-guanine interaction. Computer artwork showing the structure of bound cytosine (left) and guanine molecules (right)

Tumour suppressor protein and DNA C017 / 3646
Tumour suppressor protein and DNA. Computer artwork showing a molecule of the tumour suppressor protein p53 (blue and pink) bound to a molecule of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, yellow and orange)

DNA components, artwork C017 / 7350
DNA components. Computer artwork showing the structure of the two molecules that make up the backbone of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), phosphate (left) and deoxyribose (right)

Thymine molecule, artwork C017 / 7366
Thymine molecule. Computer artwork showing the structure of a molecule of the nucleobase thymine. Atoms are colour-coded spheres: carbon (green), nitrogen (blue), oxygen (red), and hydrogen (white)

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