Abstract
The present paper intends to be a brief historical analysis of the conditions for the development of Human and Medical Genetics in Brazil.
Highlights
Papers written by Brazilian authors on themes of Human Genetics were already found in the scientific literature published between the twenties and the end of the forties
In the thirties and forties, the organization of the first Brazilian centers for genetical work were under the leadership of Carlos Arnaldo Krug, in the Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC), of Frederico Gustavo Brieger, in the Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), in Piracicaba, SP, and of André Dreyfus, in the ancient Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo (FFCLUSP)
It might seem curious that this type of research had not been started at FFCLUSP, specially when it is well known that André Dreyfus, one of the most brilliant, lucid, creative and stimulating intellectuals of that period, was very conversant with the literature on Human Genetics current at that time
Summary
Papers written by Brazilian authors on themes of Human Genetics were already found in the scientific literature published between the twenties and the end of the forties. It is apparent that in the thirties and forties in Brazil there was no climate to the development of Human Genetics in the Department of Biology of the ancient FFCLUSP, which, at the time, was, perhaps, the most important center for the promotion of genetic studies in Brazil.
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