Human Heredity presents the concepts of human genetics in clear, concise language nad provides relevant examples that you can apply to yourself, your family, and your work environment.
At the state fairs, the Fitter Families competitions were held in the “human stock” sections. (“The time has come,” a contest brochure explained, “when the science of human husbandry must be developed, based on the principles now ...
The essays in this collection examine how human heredity was understood between the end of the First World War and the early 1970s.
This introduction to human heredity/genetics for the non-science major requires no previous exposure to biology, chemistry, or mathematics. It covers the latest research and technological advances in human genetics and...
Instructors will find this Seventh Edition of HUMAN HEREDITY current, clear, and complemented by an amazing array of technology for students and instructors.
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In the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, it was widely assumed that society ought to foster the breeding of those who possessed favorable traits and discourage the breeding...
Human Heredity
Foucault , Michel . 1980. Power / Knowledge : Selected Interviews and Other Writings , 1972-1977 . Ed . Colin Gordon . New York : Pantheon . Foucault , Michel . 1990. Politics , Philosophy , Culture : Interviews and Other Writings ...
This Updated 7th edition features a new section, Genetic Control, at the end of the text.
In this compelling book, Theodore Porter draws on untapped archival evidence from across Europe and North America to bring to light the hidden history behind modern genetics.