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Genetics category handbook of genetic counseling wikibooks, 2017 this book is an introduction to the discipline and practice of genetic counseling. A eugenic development is one that, however it comes about, is designated to improve the quality of the gene pool, or at least, offset in whole or part the genetic deterioration assumed to be occurring because of dysgenic developments. Cancer genetics is a part of elsevier s oncology journal network. Dysgenics also known as cacogenics is the study of factors producing the accumulation and perpetuation of defective or disadvantageous genes and traits in offspring of a particular population or species the adjective dysgenic is the antonym of eugenic. Genetics and the quality of life covers the papers and report of a consultation on genetics and the quality of life, held in zurich on june 2529, 1973, organized by the subunit on church and society of the world council of churches in cooperation with the christian medical commission. Genetic deterioration in modern populations currently unavailable.
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In the mid19th century a number of biological and social scientists came to believe that the genetic quality of the populations of the western world was deteriorating due to the relaxation of natural selection, the process by which nature eliminates the unfit in each. The book focuses on the interrelation of genetics and. Medical science is the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease. Genetics is playing an increasingly important role in the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of diseases. Purchase emerys elements of medical genetics 14th edition. Anything over 1 indicates dysgenic fertility and anything under 1 indicates eugenic fertility. Levit, successfully studied the inheritance of such diseases as diabetes mellitus, ulcers, and hypertension. Free medical books download ebooks online textbooks journals. Its roots go back to around the middle of the 20th century, and it was formally recognized as a medical specialty in the united states only within the past. Medical advances, on the other hand, are often dysgenic because they mean that people with what used to be fatal defects now live to reproduce. Following world war ii wwii, there was a new emphasis within genetics on studying the genetic composition of populations.
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