This text presents current information on human genetics and its associated biotechnologies assuming no previous chemistry or biology experience. It includes case studies from the author's experience as a genetic counsellor. It presents molecular information about the human body at a familiar level.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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978-0-697-24030-9 (9780697240309)
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Overview of human genetics; cells; human development; transmission genetics; Mendel's laws; extensions and exceptions to Mendel's laws; matters of sex; mulitfactorial traits; DNA and chromosones; DNA structure and replications; gene function; gene mutation; cytogenetics; population genetics; when gene frequencies stay constant; changing gene frequencies; human origins and evolution; immunity and cancer; genetics of cancer; genetic technology; genetic engineering; gene and protein therapy; agricultural and environmental biotechnology; reproductive technologies; the human genome project.
