History of Human Genetics Aspects of Its Development and Global Pers
Written by 30 authors from all over the world, this book provides a unique overview of exciting discoveries and surprising developments in human genetics over the last 50 years. The individual contributions, based on seven international workshops on the h
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tory of Human Genetics
Aspects of Its Development and Global Perspectives
History of Human Genetics
Heike I. Petermann • Peter S. Harper • Susanne Doetz Editors
History of Human Genetics Aspects of Its Development and Global Perspectives
Editors Heike I. Petermann Institut für Ethik, Geschichte und Theorie der Medizin Westfa¨lische Wilhelms-Universita¨t Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Peter S. Harper Institute of Medical Genetics Cardiff University Cardiff, United Kingdom
Susanne Doetz Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und Ethik in der Medizin Charite´-Universita¨tsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-51782-7 ISBN 978-3-319-51783-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51783-4
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heike I. Petermann, Peter S. Harper, and Susanne Doetz Part I
Workshops on the History of Human Genetics
The International Workshops on Genetics, Medicine and History: An Overview, 2003–2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter S. Harper and Heike I. Petermann Part II
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Beginning of Human Genetics
Ancestral Concepts of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine in Epicurean Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christos Yapijakis
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Bateson and the Doctors: The Introduction of Mendelian Genetics to the British Medical Community 1900–1910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan R. Rushton
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Part III
Gene
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