We propose that people are genetic essentialists—that is, they tend to think of genetic
attributions as being immutable, of a specific etiology, natural, and dividing people into …

Twenty-first-century biology rejects genetic determinism, yet an exaggerated view of the
power of genes in the making of bodies and minds remains a problem. What accounts for …

Whereas Mendelian genetics is an important research program in the life sciences, its
school version is problematic. On the one hand, it contains stereotypical representations of …

Gregor Mendel's seminal publication,“Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden”(“Experiments on
Plant Hybrids”), which appeared in 1866, is regarded as one of the founding documents of …

The belief that men and women differ in science ability because of genetics contributes to
gender disparities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in complex ways …

Most students are taught Mendelian genetics in school. However, the usual representation
of the relationship between traits and genes, as well as the historical account of what …

Background: Genetic knowledge, which plays important functions in our understanding of
science, health, social groupings, and even behaviour, has been evaluated in past studies …

Historiographical analyses of the development of genetics in the first decade of the 20th
century have been to a great extent framed in the context of the Mendelian-Biometrician …

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Despite the complexity of biological inheritance, most students are introduced to genetics
using simplistic concepts that can be traced back to the mid-19th century work of Gregor …