How diseases became "genetic"
Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.); 24 (10), 2019
Abstract This article examines the origins of the term "genetic disease." In the late 19 and early 20th century, an earlier idea that diseases that occur in families reflect a vague familiar "predisposition" was replaced by the view that such diseases have specific causes, while Mendelian genetics provid...