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Record 1 2003-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Detrimental to the hereditary qualities of a stock (as of man) or tending to counteract racial improvement through an influence bearing on reproduction: biologically defective or deficient - contrasted with eugenic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Préjudiciable à la transmission héréditaire des qualités ou à l'amélioration de la race.

Key term(s)
  • dysgénésique
  • aneugénique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

[Dícese del] factor capaz de alterar la calidad genética de una población.

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