The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity (1915) gives a brief historical summary of chromosome theory in the first few pages. How have the authors ‘tidied up’ their account of the process of scientific discovery?

The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity (1915) gives a brief historical summary of chromosome theory in the first few pages. How have the authors ‘tidied up’ their account of the process of scientific discovery? What purpose do you think this housekeeping serves?

Please write two or so double-spaced pages on each of these questions, using primary sources.

I will provide the following text.

Thomas H. Morgan, A. Sturtevant, H. J. Muller, 1915, The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity, New York: H. Holt and Company, pp. 1-26