The Evolution of Science in a Latin-American Country: Genetics and Genomics in Brazil

Genetics
Francisco M Salzano

Abstract

This article begins with a brief overview of the history of Brazil and that of Brazilian science, from the European discovery of the country in 1500 up to the early 21st century. The history of the fields of genetics and genomics, from the 1930s, is then first examined from the focal point of the lives and publications of the three persons who are generally considered to be the founders of genetics in Brazil (C. A. Krug, F. G. Brieger, and A. Dreyfus), and then by 12 other researchers up to 1999. The area of molecular genetics and genomics from 2000 to present is then described. Despite the problems of underdevelopment and the periodical political and economic crises that have affected life in Brazil, the fields of genetics and genomics in Brazil can be regarded as having developed at an appropriate pace, and have contributed in several major ways to world science.

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Jan 1, 1964·Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology·N FREIRE-MAIA
Jan 1, 1951·Advances in Genetics·C A KRUG, A CARVALHO
Jul 1, 1950·Genetics·F G BRIEGER
Dec 13, 2005·Anais Da Academia Brasileira De Ciências·Francisco M Salzano
Nov 13, 2007·Nature·UNKNOWN Drosophila 12 Genomes ConsortiumIain MacCallum
Jan 1, 2016·Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics·Diogo MeloGabriel Marroig

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Jun 16, 2018·Genome Research·Wagner C S MagalhãesUNKNOWN Brazilian EPIGEN Consortium
Mar 19, 2020·Pharmacogenetics and Genomics·Anna Beatriz Ribeiro EliasGuilherme Suarez-Kurtz
Aug 18, 2020·Personalized Medicine·Arturo Panduro, Sonia Roman

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