A short history of medical genetics [electronic resource] / Peter S. Harper.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 57.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: xi, 557 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616/.042 22
LOC classification:
  • RB155 .H357 2008eb
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Contents:
Before Mendel -- Mendelism and human inherited disease -- The rise of classical genetics -- The beginnings of molecular biology -- Human chromosomes -- Human biochemical genetics -- The human gene map -- Genes, populations, and human inherited disease -- Human genetics as a scientific discipline -- From human to medical genetics -- The elements of medical genetics -- Medical genetics : the laboratory basis -- Human molecular genetics -- The management, treatment, and prevention of genetic disease -- Eugenics -- The tragedy of Russian genetics -- Medical genetics : the ethical dimension -- History in the making.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-538) and index.

Before Mendel -- Mendelism and human inherited disease -- The rise of classical genetics -- The beginnings of molecular biology -- Human chromosomes -- Human biochemical genetics -- The human gene map -- Genes, populations, and human inherited disease -- Human genetics as a scientific discipline -- From human to medical genetics -- The elements of medical genetics -- Medical genetics : the laboratory basis -- Human molecular genetics -- The management, treatment, and prevention of genetic disease -- Eugenics -- The tragedy of Russian genetics -- Medical genetics : the ethical dimension -- History in the making.

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