GENETICS MIDTERM #1 STUDY GUIDE Name Major individuals talked about in class: Sir France Galton (1822-1911) - The father of Statistical Genetics - Two major publications: Hereditary talent & character (1865) and Hereditary Genus (1869) - Used the biometric approach & compared differences between individuals of known degree of relationships to determine genetic basis. - Eugenics – “Science” of improving the human race. Both positive and negative eugenics were proposed. Meant “well-born”...

GENETICS MIDTERM #1 STUDY GUIDE Claire steven Major individuals talked about in class: Sir France Galton (1822-1911) - The father of Statistical Genetics - Two major publications: Hereditary talent & character (1865) and Hereditary Genus (1869) - Used the biometric approach & compared differences between individuals of known degree of relationships to determine genetic basis. - Eugenics – “Science” of improving the human race. Both positive and negative eugenics were proposed. Mean...