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Genetics in Mexico: Mapping the Discipline (2021)

Alonso-Pavón, José Antonio (Author)
Cheé-Santiago, Jocelyn (Author)
Granados-Riveros, Martha Lucía (Author)
Marco D. Ornelas-Cruces (Author)
Erica Torrens-Rojas (Author)
Barahona, Ana Echeverría (Author)

Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Volume: 71
Issue: 187
Pages: 6-35

URI: https://www-brepolsonline-net.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/doi/abs/10.1484/J.ARIHS.5.127400

DOI: 10.1484/J.ARIHS.5.127400

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Historiography Professions and professionalization Genomics Applied science Discipline formation Genetics 21st century 20th century Mexico

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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