Evolutionary geneticist at Cardiff University, Wales.
Cardiff Molecular Ecology and Evolution @MolEcolCU
Otter Project @Otter_Project
Associate Editor, Heredity @heredityjournal.bsky.social
https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=GEC8f5YAAAAJ
Frank Hailer
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"home of ancestor-worship, antisemitism, colour prejudice, antifeminism, snobbery, and obstruction to educational progress."
Important also today to remember that opposition has existed even in some of the darker phases of history.
I also wish to point out the same quote by Lancelot Hogben (more info on him here: www.nytimes.com/1975/08/23/a...) on eugenics in 1931: ...
... but in many cases even were active drivers of the eugenics movement worldwide.
Also worth reading the in my view very thoughtful editorial by former @heredityjournal.bsky.social editor in chief Sara Goodacre: "The Genetics Society: looking back but moving forwards." doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Hopefully this review by Alex Aylward, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Maria Kiladi & Gregory Radick will form an important contribution to the Genetics Society UK, but also the wider scientific community in wrapping our heads around how genetics and biology not only widely accepted, ...
