| Description |
xv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Addison-Wesley series in life science |
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Addison-Wesley series in the life sciences.
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| Contents |
A. The contributions of M.J. Muller -- Science and society in the eugenic thought of H.J. Muller / Garland E. Allen |
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B. Basic genetic patterns -- Kinship of Smenkhkare and Tutankhamen demonstrated serologically / R.G. Harrison, R.C. Connolly, and A. Abdalla -- Reactions to coffee and alcohol in monozygotic twins / K. Abe -- The incidence of cuna moon-child albinos / Clyde Keeler -- PTC tasting in two social groups / Christy G. Turner II |
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C. Human chromosomes and antisocial behavior -- Incidence of gross chromosomal errors among tall, criminal American males / Mary A. Telfer, David Baker, Gerald R. Clark, and Claude E. Richardson -- Human chromosome abnormalities as related to physical and mental dysfunction / John H. Heller |
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D. Genetics and early human development -- Delayed radiation effects in atomic-bomb survivors / Robert W. Miller -- An investigation of the difference in measured intelligence between twins and single births / R.G. Record, Thomas McKeown, and J.H. Edwards -- Genetics and sociology: a reconsideration / Bruce K. Eckland |
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E. Genetics and ethnic characteristics -- Gene-frequencies in Jews / Chaim Sheba -- Welshness and fertility / David J.B. Ashley -- Behavioural differences between Chinese-American and European-American newborns / D.G. Freedman and Nina Chinn Freedman |
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F. Origins of human matings: genetic and social issues -- The founder effect and deleterious genes / Frank B. Livingstone -- Some genetic aspects of plantation slavery / Nathaniel Weyl -- Outcrossings in Caucasians and fetal loss / Jack B. Bresler |
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G. Medicine and law consider human genetics -- Genetic counseling and the physician / Henry T. Lynch, Gabriel M. Mulcahy, and Anne J. Krush -- Genetics and laws prohibiting marriage in the United States / Michael G. Farrow and Richard C. Juberg |
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H. The consequences of social selection and genetic engineering -- Some possible genetic implications of Carthaginian child sacrifice / Nathaniel Weyl -- Freeze preservation of human sperm / S.J. Behrman and D.R. Ackerman -- Should man control his genetic future? / Donald Huisingh |
| Analysis |
Human genetics Social aspects |
| Notes |
Man. Genetics. Social aspects. Essays (BNB/PRECIS) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Human genetics -- Social aspects.
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Genetics, Medical.
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| Author |
Bresler, Jack B. (Jack Barry), 1923-
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| LC no. |
72002650 |
| ISBN |
0201006006 (paperback) |
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