Stories
- Article
Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona
Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.
- Article
The quest to breed gifted children
If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby?
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
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It’s getting mighty crowded
Mid-20th-century population-density research on mice produced a whiskered apocalypse, predicted to become the fate of humans too. But perhaps a more compassionate approach could fend this off.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Population Genetics
Date: 2008Reference: PBL/BIO/A/14Part of: Biotechnology company grey literature- Archives and manuscripts
Population genetics / Owen Biometrical Genetics
Date: c.1964Reference: PP/MIA/F/3/1/24Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives- Archives and manuscripts
Serological Population Genetics Laboratory
Date: 1964-1977Reference: PP/AEM/DPart of: Mourant, Arthur Ernest (1904-1994)- Archives and manuscripts
12 Owen Population Genetics / Owen Biometrical Genetics
Date: January-March 1964Reference: PP/MIA/F/3/1/9Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Simon Population Trust Leaflets
Date: 1962-1970Reference: PP/CPB/G.7/26Part of: Blacker, Carlos Paton FRCP (1895-1975)