Open AccessCommentary: Before Weismann and germplasm there was Galton and eugenics: the biological and political meaning of the inheritance of acquired characteristics in the late 19th century
Author(s) -
Ruth Schwartz Cowan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyw004
Subject(s) - galton's problem , eugenics , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , meaning (existential) , politics , genealogy , sociology , social science , history , epistemology , biology , philosophy , genetics , political science , law , computer science , machine learning , gene
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