Shakespeare as a geneticist

Author: Berg J.

Source: Clinical Genetics, Volume 59, Number 3, March 2001 , pp. 165-170(6)

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Abstract:

There are frequent allusions in Shakespeare's plays to physical and mental characteristics and qualities of individuals that often reflect genetic and related insights, ideas and implications with a bearing on the determination of these phenotypes. Quotations from the plays with comments are presented here to indicate varied perceptions in these regards that Shakespeare brilliantly conveyed some 400 years ago through many of his ‘dramatis personae’.

Language: English

Document Type: Original article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.590304.x

Affiliations: University of Toronto and Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada : *

Publication date: 2001-03-01