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The emergence of human population genetics and narratives about the formation of the Brazilian nation (1950-1960).
Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences - 1 Sept 2014
de Souza Vanderlei Sebastião, Santos Ricardo Ventura
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This paper discusses the emergence of human population genetics in Brazil in the decades following World War II, and pays particular attention to narratives about the formation of the Brazilian nation. We analyze the institutionalization of this branch of genetics in the 1950s and 1960s, and look...
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