Article ID: CBB475001919

Genetics in Mexico: Mapping the Discipline (2021)

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This paper presents a brief overview of the introduction, establishment and development of genetics in Mexico. Using the historiography of the global and the local, we explore the emergence of genetics as a scientific discipline in Mexico with the creation of institutions destined to experimentation in agriculture, primarily for crop improvement. Then, we address the Cold War period characterized by the commitment to investigate the genetic effects of atomic radiation globally. Later we analyse population genetics’ development in Mexico, which started during the 1960s thanks to different research groups that collaborated on a par with government institutions, and their collaboration with international experts. Following, we examine the post-WWII effort to reconstruct the genetic composition of the Mexican population focusing in the establishment of the Mexican mestizo. Next, we introduce the status of genetics and genomics in Mexico, pointing out the main research institutions and their respective pioneers. We conclude with a reflection on the relevance of this type of historiographical analyses for the History of Science and for the development of on-going projects.

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Authors & Contributors
López-Beltrán, Carlos
García-Deister, Vivette
Wade, Peter
Santos, Ricardo Ventura
Gil Viry
Kent, Michael
Concepts
Genetics
Genomics
Discipline formation
Historiography
Race
DNA; RNA
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
18th century
17th century
Places
Mexico
United States
Latin America
Brazil
Colombia
Canada
Institutions
Wellcome Trust
National Institutes of Health
Cambridge. University. Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Human Genome Project
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