title: The history of genetics in Mexico in the light of A Cultural History of Heredity.
abstract: In this paper I analyze the conditions for scientific research and the social relationships that allowed the establishment of genetics in Mexico, in the laboratory, the clinic and in agronomy. I give three examples to illustrate how the cultural history of heredity has enlightened this work: the introduction and institutionalization of Mendelism in Mexico, the hereditarian ideas of medical doctors in the late nineteenth century, and the introduction of medical genetics in Mexico.
authors.affiliation: School of Sciences National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM C. R 04510, Coyoacdn, Mdxico, D. E, México. ana.barahona@ciencias.unam.mx
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barahona
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D005823:Genetics / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008800:Mexico