Epilogue The Eugenic Impulse
Epilogue The Eugenic Impulse
This chapter explains that the completion of a reference sequence for the human genome in 2000 marked a threshold for the development of the Garrodian approach to human heredity. This biochemical, disease-oriented approach is typically depicted as a symbol that indicates that human genetics has escaped its eugenic roots. The Garrodian idea helped change genetics: on the one hand from a simplistic approach to something more complex and on the other hand, to a more simple, well-defined one. This significantly helped geneticists reject the simple-minded determinism and ideology that the eugenics era promoted.
Keywords: eugenics, human genetics, Garrodian approach, human heredity, determinism
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