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Revision as of 09:40, 7 July 2007
Eugenics (also known as selective breeding) is the philosophy or practice of selectively breeding traits in or out of a group of organisms. While widely-used in botany and horticulture, eugenics via genetic engineering in sentient lifeforms is illegal in the Federation, except in cases of medical necessity (VOY: "Lineage")(ENT: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume").
Kodos used his own personal theory of eugenics when killing 4,000 people on Tarsus IV. (TOS: "The Conscience of the King")