Stories
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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.
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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
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Population genetics / by Ching Chun Li.
Li, Ching Chun, 1912-2003.Date: [1955]- Archives and manuscripts
Population genetics / Owen Biometrical Genetics
Date: c.1964Reference: PP/MIA/F/3/1/24Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives- Books
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Population genetics and microevolutionary theory / Alan R. Templeton.
Templeton, Alan RobertDate: [2006], ©2006- Books
Population genetics : a concise guide / John H. Gillespie.
Gillespie, John H.Date: [1998], ©1998- Books
Population genetics in animal breeding / Franz Pirchner ; translated by Franz Pirchner and Max von Krosigk.
Pirchner, Franz.Date: [1969]