BIOL 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Fetus, Geneticist, God Gene
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Eth ic a l im p lic a tio n s. Less desirable traits more concentrated in population. More desirable traits less concentrated in population. Eugenics is the self direction of human evolution. Eugenics draws materials from many sources and organizes them into a harmonious entity. Some people are born to be a burden of the rest people bringing in bad" genes into population and passing it on, others have to deal with it. Pound of cure dealing with individuals (putting them in jails) Tried to identify people who shouldn"t have children. Board started because a lot of immigration was happening, and people thought immigrant populations would out number originals. Woman would know she"s going into surgery, but didn"t know what it was for. Testing done on communities with high densities of african people, people didn"t know how to make sense of these results.
