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	'''Genetic determinism''' is the belief that ]s largely determine physical and behavioral ]s.
	The term may be applied to the mapping of a single gene to a single phenotype or to the belief that most or all phenotypes are determined mostly or exclusively by genes.
	While the former is well established, the latter is very controversial.

	==General information==

	Evidence for the genetic influence on phenotypes comes from ], for instance, ] and ], which are caused by mutations in single genes, and ] and ] by the abnormal duplication of a ].
	Genetic determinism of behavioral traits is related to the field of ].

	Definitions of genetic determinism varies.
	It is usually thought of as the belief that all physical and behavioural phenotypes are determined mostly or exclusively by the genes.
	This is sometimes attributed to biologists by the media or some in the social sciences, or attributed to proponents of ], though in this sense some biologists (e.g. Dawkins 2003) would consider it a ].
	An other, less strong definition is the belief that behavioral traits in animals and humans are to some extent influenced by genetics.

	Some proponents of belief in ] charge that genetic determinism removes culpability.
	With diseases such as Down Syndrome and Huntingtons there is a clear "one chromosone aberration one disease" or "one gene one disease" diagnosis.
	Behavioral traits are more complex.
	Increasingly people are blaming their genes for aggressive behavior.

	===Political implications of genetic determinism===
	As a result of believing genetic determinism, many genetic determinists support social policies that are very controversial.
	Such policies deal mainly with the death and reproduction of criminals, psychopaths, and generally aggressive people.

	==In Fiction==
	*] A Comedy about Stalin's son's inescapable path into rebelion and eventually a revolution of any sort.
	*In the television series ], the nietzschean species was geneticly programmed to be ambitious, treacherous, and brutal.

	==See also==
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	== References ==
	* ], 2003. "The Myth of Genetic Determinism" in '']''. London, Phoenix ISBN 0-7538-1750-0

	== External links ==
	=== Critics ===
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