History of genetics in postwar Japan
| Project/Area Number |
22800020
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Sociology/History of science and technology
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| Research Institution | The Graduate University for Advanced Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
IIDA Kaori 総合研究大学院大学, 先導科学研究科, 助教 (10589667)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,769,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,130,000、Indirect Cost: ¥639,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,196,000 (Direct Cost: ¥920,000、Indirect Cost: ¥276,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,573,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,210,000、Indirect Cost: ¥363,000)
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| Keywords | 遺伝学史 / 戦後史 / 冷戦 / 国立遺伝学研究所 / 木原均 / ルイセンコ / 占領期、冷戦期 |
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| Research Abstract |
In the current study I analyzed the history of genetics in the socio-political context of postwar Japan and revealed how genetics, which seemingly had no relation with war efforts, was influenced significantly by the Cold War politics. As case studies, I examined in particular(1) how the controversy of a theory proposed by the Soviet agronomist, T. D. Lysenko, influenced scientists' choice of concepts and approach in genetic research, and(2) how socio-political background of the Cold War influenced the development of the National Institute of Genetics, which was established in Mishima, Japan in 1949.
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