The science of human perfection : how genes became the heart of American medicine /

"Keeping his focus on America, Nathaniel Comfort introduces the community of scientists, physicians, and public health workers who have contributed to the development of medical genetics from the nineteenth century to today. He argues that medical genetics is closely related to eugenics, and in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Comfort, Nathaniel C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]
Temas:
Medical genetics > United States > History.
Eugenics > United States > History.
Heredity > United States > History.
Genetics, Medical > history
Eugenics > history
Heredity > genetics
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Génétique médicale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Eugénisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Hérédité > États-Unis > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 21e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Genetic.
MEDICAL > Genetics.
MEDICAL > History.
Eugenics
Heredity
Medical genetics
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Galton-Garrod Society
  • Fisher's quest
  • A germ theory of genes
  • The heredity clinics
  • How the geneticists learned to start worrying and love mutation
  • Getting their organ
  • Genetics without sex.

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