title: Degenerate heredity: the history of a doctrine in medicine and biology.
authors.affiliation: Medical Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53201.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lubinsky
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*; D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014799:Vitalism / Q000266:history