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The 1948 International Congress of Genetics in Sweden: People and Politics

Author(s) -

Bengt Bengtsson,

Anna Tunlid

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

genetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792

H-Index - 246

eISSN - 1943-2631

pISSN - 0016-6731

DOI - 10.1534/genetics.110.119305

Subject(s) - delegate , politics , amateur , political science , eugenics , nazism , soviet union , genetics , law , biology , computer science , programming language

The International Congresses have played an important role in the history of genetics. The Eighth International Congress, which in 1948 was held in Sweden, celebrated the conclusion of the war against Nazism and many new decisive scientific advances. It also signaled a hardening of the fight against Lysenkoism, which was growing in strength in the Soviet Union. A rare document is available from the Congress--an amateur film made by a young delegate, Nils Nybom. With its help a living description can be given of the scientific and political melees in which the delegates were involved.

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