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History of science

the early twentieth century movement to improve human heredity by controlling reproduction, seen through its main US research institution.

In history of science, eugenics refers to the early twentieth century movement to improve human heredity by controlling reproduction, seen through its main US research institution. This meaning comes from Allen (1986) in Osiris.[1]

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  1. Allen, G. E. (1986). The Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, 1910-1940: An Essay in Institutional History. Osiris, 2, 225-264. https://doi.org/10.1086/368657

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