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Heredity in the Century of the Gene Report
Date Released: 12 December 2005How did the rise of genetics in the last century change our concepts of inheritance? This question was addressed by two groups of researchers from the ESRC Research Centre for Genomics in Society (Egenis) and the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science (Berlin) who met for a one-day-workshop at the University of Exeter.
In a lively exchange historians, sociologists, and philosophers of science discussed the impact of the "gene" on conceptions of genealogy, reproduction, and identity. The workshop was the opening event for a two year Academic Research Collaboration programme between Egenis and the Max-Planck-Institute jointly funded by the British Council and the German Academic Exchange Service.
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