{"product_id":"lords-of-the-fly-robert-e-kohler-9780226450636","title":"Lords of the Fly: Drosophila Genetics and the Experimental Life","description":"The common fruit fly, \u003ci\u003eDrosophila, \u003c\/i\u003e has long been one of the most productive of all laboratory animals. From 1910 to 1940, the center of \u003ci\u003eDrosophila\u003c\/i\u003e culture in America was the school of Thomas Hunt Morgan and his students Alfred Sturtevant and Calvin Bridges. They first created \"standard\" flies through inbreeding and by organizing a network for exchanging stocks of flies that spread their practices around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLords of the Fly, \u003c\/i\u003e Robert E. Kohler argues that fly laboratories are a special kind of ecological niche in which the wild fruit fly is transformed into an artificial animal with a distinctive natural history. He shows that the fly was essentially a laboratory tool whose startling productivity opened many new lines of genetic research. Kohler also explores the moral economy of the \"Drosophilists\" the rules for regulating access to research tools, allocating credit for achievements, and transferring authority from one generation of scientists to the next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy closely examining the Drosophilists' culture and customs, Kohler reveals essential features of how experimental scientists do their work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert E. Kohler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226450635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226450636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.12w x 0.80d","brand":"Robert E. Kohler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119456415999,"sku":"9780226450636","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60a1d4bb-4f48-417f-a5cc-48e3a1d138df.jpg?v=1687409454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lords-of-the-fly-robert-e-kohler-9780226450636","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}