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The Myths of the Nobel Sperm Bank

The truth about who gave sperm, how they gave it, and who used it.

By |Posted Friday, Feb. 23, 2001, at 3:00 AM

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Part 4: The real history of the "Nobel sperm bank"

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Part 5: An update and a preview

Part 6: A mother searches for "Donor White"

Part 7: An update on the donor list

Part 8: The weird history of "positive" eugenics

Part 9: The Nobel sperm bank celebrity

Part 10: The donors

Part 11: A look at the parents

Part 12: The rise of the smart sperm shopper

Part 13: The genius babies grow up

Click here for Michael Kinsley's explanatory introduction to Seed.

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David Plotz is the Editor of Slate. He's the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank and Good Book. He appears on Slate's Political Gabfest.