Sir Francis Galton and the birth of eugenics

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue , 2001, Pages 83-101

  Gillham, N W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Correlation; Eugenics; Galton; Pedigrees

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; HEREDITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INHERITANCE; MEDICAL GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THEORY;

EUGENICS; GENETICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PORTRAITS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0035677981     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.35.102401.090055     Document Type: Review

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