A 2018 scientometric analysis of abstracts from the London Conference on Intelligence (LCI) found that 38.7% (29 of 75) of talks over four years dealt with population (racial, ethnic, and national) IQ differences.
January 01, 2018
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temporal
Analysis of abstract lists from four years of the London Conference on Intelligence.
The term 'eugenics' is defined as attempts to change gene frequencies of human populations to favor socially desired traits, with techniques ranging from forced sterilization and marriage licensing at one extreme to therapeutic abortion and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis at the less coercive end, and including bioethically contentious approaches such as germ-line gene therapy and embryo selection.
January 01, 2018
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descriptive
Broad definitional description of eugenics and associated techniques.
The discovery of DNA's double-helix structure enabled later developments such as genetic modification of organisms, gene-based therapies, DNA identification in forensics and genealogy, and prompted ethical debates about altering the human genome (including heritable or cosmetic changes).
January 01, 1953
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implication
Broad scientific, medical, forensic, and ethical consequences following understanding of DNA structure