[above]: Mendel, Weldon & others: recognizing the historic factors that have influences (often badly) how genetics is taught.

[below]: Donovan: avoiding genetic essentialism-determinism

Sources: The Mendeliam section of biofundamentals (p 212-214) (clearly needs to be rewritten)

Donovan, B. M. (2022). Ending genetic essentialism through genetics education. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, 3(1).

Jamieson, A., & Radick, G. (2017). ). Genetic determinism in the genetics curriculum: An exploratory study of the effects of Mendelian and Weldonian empha. Science & Education, 26, 1261-1290.

David (2022). Weldon, Bateson, and the origins of genetics: Reflections on the unraveling and rebuilding of a scientific commun. PLoS Genetics.

Radick, G. (2024) Your genes do not define you (thankfully).   

Donovan podcast:

Donovan, B. M., Weindling, M., Amemiya, J., Salazar, B., Lee, D., Syed, A., Stuhlsatz, M., & Snowden, J. (2024). Humane genomics education can reduce racism. Science, 383(6685), 818–822. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi7895

Donovan, B. M., Syed, A., Arnold, S. H., Lee, D., Weindling, M., Stuhlsatz, M. A. M., Riegle-Crumb, C., & Cimpian, A. (2024). Sex and gender essentialism in textbooks. Science, 383(6685), 822–825. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi1188