Journal of Genetics CLASSICS

Especially in its earlier decades, many papers that had a lasting impact on the fields of

genetics and evolution were published in the Journal of Genetics. Many of these papers

are not very easily available now. Consequently, starting with the April 2004 issue,

we will reprint one such classic paper in each issue of the journal, along with

an accompanying commentary that discusses why the paper is felt to be a

'classic', and placing the work in the context of the present situation in that field.

Members of the genetics community worldwide are most welcome to contact the

Editorial office with suggestions/proposals for such classic papers from the Journal

of Genetics to be reprinted, for which they are willing to write the commentary.

 

Journal of Genetics 'Classics' reprinted so far

The pdf files are made available for downloading only for academic purposes.

Vol. 88 No. 1: April 2009

Commentary: Parental-age effects in Down syndrome
(pgs 1-7) 
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Santhosh Girirajan

Classic: L. S. Penrose 1933 The relative effects of paternal and maternal age in mongolism
J. Genet. 27, 219-224
(pgs 9-14)
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Vol. 85 No. 2: August 2006

Commentary: Reading Waddington today
(pg 99) 
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K. VijayRaghavan

Classic: C. H. Waddington 1957 The genetic basis of the 'assimilated bithorax' stock 
J. Genet. 55, 241-245
(pgs 101-105)
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Vol. 85 No. 1: April 2006

Commentary: Punnett and duck genetics
(pg 1) 
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K. VijayRaghavan

Classic: R. C. Punnett 1932 Note on a sex-linked down character in ducks 
J. Genet. 25, 191-194
(pgs 3-7)
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Vol. 84 No. 3: December 2005

Commentary: Towards a genetic architecture of cryptic genetic variation and genetic assimilation: the contribution of K. G. Bateman
(pgs 223-226) 
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Ian Dworkin

Classic: K. G. Bateman 1959 The genetic assimilation of four venation phenocopies 
J. Genet. 56, 443-474
(pgs 227-257)
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Vol. 84 No. 2: August 2005

Commentary: Brachydactyly A1: New relatives for old families?
(pgs 95-98) 
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Santhosh Girirajan and Sarah H. Elsea

Classic: H. Drinkwater 1915 A second brachydactylous family 
J. Genet. 4, 323-339
(pgs 99-121)
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Vol. 84 No. 1: April 2005

Commentary: Inbreeding and sex: canalization, plasticity and sexual selection
(pgs 13-15) 
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Amitabh Joshi

Classic: J. Maynard Smith 1956 Fertility, mating behaviour and sexual selection in Drosophila subobscura 
J. Genet. 54, 261-279
(pgs 17-35)
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Classic: J. Maynard Smith 1956 Acclimatization to high temperatures in inbred and outbred Drosophila subobscura 
J. Genet. 54, 497-505
(pgs 37-45)
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Vol. 83 No. 3: December 2004

Commentary: Haldane and the first estimates of the human mutation rate
(pgs 231-233) 
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Michael W. Nachman

Classic: J. B. S. Haldane 1935 The rate of spontaneous mutation of a human gene 
J. Genet. 31, 317-326
(pgs 235-244)
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Vol. 83 No. 2: August 2004

Commentary: Sex determining signal in Drosophila melanogaster 
(pgs 121-123) 
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Anuranjan Anand

Classic: Th. Dobzhansky and Jack Schultz 1934 The distribution of sex-factors in the X-chromosome 
of Drosophila melanogaster J. Genet. 28, 349-386
(pgs 125-162)
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Vol. 83 No. 1: April 2004

Commentary: Are bigger flies always better: the role of genes and environment 
(pgs 13-15) 
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Amitabh Joshi

Classic: Robertson F. W. 1957 Studies in quantitative inheritance XI. Genetic and 
environmental correlation between body size and egg production in Drosophila melanogaster J. Genet. 55, 428-443
(pgs 17-32) 
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