Taking exception to human eugenics

Genetics

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 821-823

  Roth, Frederick P ^a,b,c   Wakeley, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; LETTER; MEDICAL GENETICS; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HISTORY;

EUGENICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84991451135     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.192096     Document Type: Letter

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