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The crane's foot: The rise of the pedigree in human genetics

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Journal of Genetic Counseling

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The standard pedigree used by geneticists is intimately connected to the history of genetics. Pedigrees drawn today are based on standards established in the early decades of the twentieth century. Those standards were established by geneticists who pursued an active interest in eugenics. The slightly different standards followed in America vs. England to some extent followed the stronger support of Mendelism by the Americans, as well as the individual preferences of the leading human geneticists in those countries.

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Resta, R.G. The crane's foot: The rise of the pedigree in human genetics. J Genet Counsel 2, 235–260 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00961574

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