Controversial area of biology (8)

I believe the answer is:

eugenics

(Other definitions for eugenics that I've seen before include "Science of developing animal population through controlled breeding" , "Disputed science" , "Stock improvement" , "Selective breeding by improving genes" , "Science of human genetic improvement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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