New video out: Biotech Eugenics: Creating Future People
This one has been a long time in the making. Which is to say, I was too busy doing other stuff to get this done. BUT here we are! Also,…
Recent evidence on dysgenic trends (February 2021)
A friend asked me to give him some pointers to the recent evidence on dysgenics, or the selection against valued traits. Challenge was accepted. This is not an exhaustive review.…
Genetic editing in animals for profit: how far have we come in 2020?
Animal breeding, human breeding (2015) Recent reviews in animal breeding (2019) Breeder genomics is way ahead of human genomics. Whenever something can be and is done in animals, it takes…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41525-018-0075-2
Population genetic variation and trait variation: not strongly related
In a Gelman-like approach to turning email replies into posts. Someone sent me this email: Thanks for answering this and the other email, and the links as well. I am…
IVF tech by country: historical growth
Some time ago, I made a plot of this that Steve Hsu ended up posting. However, here's a newer one. The public datafile is here. Latest published report is here,…
Recent reviews in animal breeding (2019)
Since I was asked for recent reviews on the topic, I figure I might as well post them here too. Here's a few published since 2016. I regularly read these…
Health dysgenics: a very brief review
Woodley reminded me of the dysgenics for health outcomes by linking me to a study about the increasing rates of cancer. I had first reached this conclusion back in 2005…
There’s a lot more to the Mendelians
There's a highly interesting new paper out: The Genetic Basis of Mendelian Phenotypes: Discoveries, Challenges, and Opportunities (Mendelians are also known as monogenic disorders because they are inherited in patterns…
Hollywood eugenics and actual eugenics
I oppose coercive eugenic policies, so don't try to quote mine my blunt discussion as support for such policies. Hollywood has a new anti-eugenics movie out, called The Thinning. There's…
Comments on Gwern’s Counteracting Dysgenics
https://www.gwern.net/Embryo%20selection#counteracting-dysgenics Gwern has a very long and detailed post/page on embryo selection and related matters. You should definitely read it. He has just added a new section on counteracting dysgenics…