Francis Galton: His approach to polygenic disease

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 570-573

  Galton, D J ^b   Galton, C J ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; STATISTICS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0031218334     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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2. Galton F. Inquiries into human faculty and its development. London: JM Dent & Sons Ltd, 1907.
3. Galton F. Natural inheritance. London, New York: Macmillan & Co, 1889.
4. Galton F. Letter to his father, 17 May 1839.
5. Galton F. Letter to his mother, 17 May 1840.
6. Galton F. Letter to his father, 26 November 1840.
7. Galton F. Natural inheritance. London, New York: Macmillan & Co, 1889, Ch X.
8. Pearson K. Letters and labours of Francis Galton (Vols I-II). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1914:4.
9. Galton F. The history of twins as a criterion of the relative powers of nature and nurture. J Roy Anthropol Inst 1876; V:391-406.
10. Galton F. Typical laws of heredity. Lecture, Royal Institution, London, 9 February 1877.
11. Galton F. Family likeness in stature. Roy Soc Proc 1886;XL :42-73.
12. Galton DJ, Galton CJ. Francis Galton and eugenics today (submitted).