Repository for Germinal Choice
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The Repository for Germinal Choice (originally known as the Hermann J. Muller Repository for Germinal Choice) was a sperm bank that existed in Escondido, California from 1980 to 1999. The repository accepted only donations from Nobel Prize laureates and others with a proven high IQ. The first baby conceived from the project was a girl born on April 19, 1982. Founded by Robert Klark Graham, the repository was dubbed the "Nobel prize sperm bank" by media reports at the time. The only contributor who became known publicly was William Shockley, Nobel laureate in physics.
[edit] External links
- Series of Slate.com articles on the sperm bank
- Guardian article on Graham and his bank's history
- http://www.thegeniusfactory.net/
- BBC Article
- Horizon Episode
[edit] Further reading
- Plotz, David, The Genius Factory, 2005, Random House. ISBN 1-4000-6124-5
