The Gene: An Intimate History, by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Knowledge of our genetic code has been used for good as well as ill, Charalambos Kyriacou says

Published on
July 7, 2016
Last updated
February 16, 2017
Immigrants disembarking boat, Ellis Island, New York City
Source: Alamy
Queue here: the US establishment was terrified that highly fertile immigrants with their deemed inferior characteristics would pollute the American gene pool, says Kyriacou

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