Documents
Transcript of the 1963 Macy Conference
on Genetics
I. Table of Contents and Opening Remarks
(Sunday Evening Session, 11/3/63)
- Table of Contents (pp. i-ii)
- Call to Order and Opening Remarks by Chairman James V. Neel
(pp. 1-2)
II. Inbreeding Effects (Monday
Morning Session, 11/4/63)
- "The Results and Analysis of Studies on Inbreeding,"
led by Alan Robertson (pp. 3-14)
- "Inbreeding Effects in Plants," by H.F. Robinson (pp.
15-88)
III. Continuation of Discussion
of Inbreeding Effects (Monday Afternoon Session, 11/4/63)
- "Inbreeding Effects on Larger Mammals," by G.E. Dickerson
(pp. 89-130)
- "Introduction of Homozygosity in Heterozygous Background,"
by Richard C. Lewontin (pp.
131-149)
- "Experiments with Spontaneous Mutations," by Bruce
Wallace (pp.150-166)
IV. Continuation of Discussion
of Inbreeding Effects (Tuesday Morning Session, 11/5/63)
- "Studies on Inbreeding Effects in Japanese Children,"
by W.J. Schull (pp. 167-219)
- Concluding Remarks, by Alan Robertson (pp. 220-246)
V. Distortion of Genetic Ratios
(Tuesday Afternoon Session, 11/5/63)
- "Studies on the Distortion of Genetic Ratios and Their
Interpretation," led by L.C. Dunn (pp. 247-272)
- "The SD Phenomenon," by James Crow (pp. 273-296)
- "Implications of the T Allele in Mice," by Howard
Levene (pp. 297-323)
- "Prospects for Changing Transmission Ratios," by Everett
Dempster (pp. 324-334)
- Remarks, by L.C. Dunn (pp. 335-338)
- "Drive Effect," K.G. Atwood (pp. 339-342)
VI. Distinguishing Between Mutational
and Segregational Loads (Wednesday Morning Session, 11/6/63)
- "Approaches to Distinguishing Between Mutational and Segregational
Loads," by James Crow; followed by
extensive discussion (pp. 343-441)
VII. Continuation of Previous
Discussion and Conclusion (Wednesday Afternoon Session, 11/6/63)
- Continuation of Discussion on Distinction Between Mutational
and Segregational Loads (pp. 442-468)
- Suggested Studies to be Done (pp. 469-483)
- Adjournment (p. 484)
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