PLANT GENETICS 



By JOHN M. COULTER 



Head of the Department of Botany in the University of Chicago 



and MERLE M. COULTER 



Instructor in Plant Genetics in the University of Chicago 



fl This book has been written to meet an increasing need among botanical students. Such 

 students in these days, in whatever phase of botany they may be specializing, find it neces- 

 sary to read with understanding much of the literature of plant genetics, because it is 

 becoming increasingly significant in all botanical problems. This means that teachers and 

 investigators must be able to command the literature of plant genetics, much of which has 

 been so complex as to be a closed book for the uninitiated. Plant Genetics is an attempt to 

 open this subject to botanical students. 



fl The book is not intended to be a thorough, authoritative text, but a relatively simple 

 presentation of the more significant investigations on plant genetics which will initiate the 

 student into the subject. Material dealing with some highly specialized phases of genetics 

 and material that is very complex has been purposely omitted for pedagogical reasons. In 

 short, the book is an easy introduction to plant genetics. 



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