Eugenics and Modern Biology: Critiques of Eugenics, 1910-1945

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 314-325

  Allen, Garland E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eugenical sterilization; Eugenics; Unit character

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOLOGY; EUGENICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79954455040     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00649.x     Document Type: Review

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