Notions of heredity in the correspondence of Edwin Grant Conklin.

Abstract:

:This article examines five letters from the correspondence of American zoologist Edwin Grant Conklin that highlight his theories of genetic and social inheritance, in order to suggest that Conklin's eugenic beliefs--like those of many American authorities during this time--were complex and sometimes contradictory. The letters reveal the international prestige of American science after the two world wars and illuminate key moments in the emergence of the concepts of heredity and inheritance, within both the science of genetics and the social movement of eugenics.

journal_name

Perspect Biol Med

authors

Reumann M,Fausto-Sterling A

doi

10.1353/pbm.2001.0058

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-07-01 00:00:00

pages

414-25

issue

3

eissn

0031-5982

issn

1529-8795

journal_volume

44

pub_type

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