Weiss Kenneth M, Lambert Brian W
Department of Anthropology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ann Hum Genet. 2011 May;75(3):334-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2010.00611.x.
This journal began in 1925 as the Annals of Eugenics. Much has changed since then. The original Editors' primary eugenic objective was not achieved, and eugenics justifiably became notorious for racism and gross abuse of human rights. But one founding aim was to publish advances in statistical genetics, and that objective prospered in the journal's pages from its beginning to the present day. The online availability of the original issues will be useful to those interested in the history of both eugenics and human genetics and will provide a reminder of how the careless use of genetical concepts can go astray.
这本期刊始于1925年,最初名为《优生学年鉴》。从那时起,情况发生了很大变化。最初编辑们的主要优生学目标并未实现,优生学也因种族主义和严重侵犯人权行为而声名狼藉。但其一个创办宗旨是发表统计遗传学的进展,这一目标从创刊之初到如今一直在该期刊的各期得以延续。原始期刊的在线获取对于那些对优生学和人类遗传学历史感兴趣的人来说将很有用,也会提醒人们,对遗传学概念的不当使用可能会走入歧途。