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dysgenics
(redirected from Genetic deterioration)

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dysgenics
[disjen′iks]
the study of factors or situations that are genetically detrimental to the future of a race or species. Compare eugenics.


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Richard Lynn, of the University of Ulster of North Ireland, thinks that this recoil resulted in "Dysgenics - the genetic deterioration of modern (human) population", as the title of his controversial tome puts it.
Eugenics and the Future of the Human Species by Sam Vaknin / Self Improvement community
In Dysgenics: Genetic Deterioration of Modern Population, he says: "It is a very serious matter that our genetic quality is deteriorating.
Prof wants poor to stop having kids by Hanna, Conor / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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