TY  - JOUR
T1  - POlitics in science and in genetics
Y1  - 1949/02/12
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1949.02900240036009
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 458
EP  - 458
VL  - 139
IS  - 7
N2  - Genetics, which is established as a science, has again become a whipping boy for political philosophy. Repeatedly in history politicians try to misuse the observations of genetics to distort truth as a buttress for political beliefs. Hitler, aided by German pseudoscientists, attempted to prove theories of racial superiority. Heredity and gene inheritance was all and environment nothing; therefore purification of race demanded elimination of all gene influences other than those of purely Aryan derivation, ridiculous and impossible as was that objective. Now in Russia equal and opposite claims are made (i. e., heredity and gene inheritance mean nothing and environmental influences are all). Dr. H. J. Muller, Nobel Prize winner for work in genetics, and Sir Henry Dale, former president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, have resigned from the Academy of Sciences of the U. S. S. R. Their resignations were submitted in protest against the
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900240036009
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900240036009
ER  -