Word: xyy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...major problem with recombinant DNA research does not consist of the health hazards but rather the uses to which future discoveries may be applied. Citing his distaste for explaining social problems with genetics, such as determining crime rates by finding the number of Y genes in males (an XYY male was once thought to be more likely to commit crimes) Beckwith believes it is more important to study the broader questions. "If scientists are given a free reign, they'll do whatever they want, and they will stop at nothing," he says. Beckwith's laboratory stopped performing recombinant DNA experiments...
...views of controversial scientific research, newspapers and television reporters often rely heavily on information supplied by SftP, while rarely giving the organization credit. And they claim it was largely unrecognized efforts of SftP as an organization that were responsible for ending the controversial screening of male babies for the XYY chromosome pattern at the Boston Lying-in Hospital, which is associated with Harvard. Here too, they say, SftP's efforts may have had an effect far beyond the local level: Beckwith says that a recent survey by the Children's Defense Fund found that similar screening programs have been ended...
...science teaching group sends representatives to the National Science Teachers Association's meetings and holds workshops on issues for high school instructors. In addition the group develops and distributes materials dealing with the non-neutrality of science in society. They have special materials on issues like the XYY-criminality theory, which they say is widely and inaccurately reported as scientific fact in many high school science tests...
...have one X (from mother) and a Y (from father). The Y, a tiny, misshapen bit of genetic material, overpowers the X and determines maleness-but little else, although it is widely believed that masculinity includes aggressive tendencies. Nature sometimes slips the conceptus an extra Y to produce an XYY male, almost certain to be well above average height. Because a disproportionately high number of XYYs were found in penal institutions, studies beginning in the 1960s suggested that they may be prone to aggressive criminality. It has taken a decade and a large-scale study by twelve Danish and American...
...conclusion is totally unjustified, and that the developmental effects of the extra Y chromosome remain to be determined. One of the tragic features of Dr. Beckwith's attack is that it opposed the kind of study that will be required to correct the popular misconception about the significance of XYY...