A comprehensive manual on medical genetics designed for medical students. In this edition, most chapters have been substantially rewritten or replaced. It contains a significant amount of clinical material in sufficient detail to answer many questions and lists comprehensive references. The book features a balanced presentation of traditional areas of medical genetics, such as chromosomal basis of heredity, with contemporary areas of medical genetics, such as non-traditional inheritance (eg imprinting, mitochondria inheritance). This edition contains more current information, achieved by condensing old and adding new, without substantially increasing the text. Molecular breakthroughs are covered in detail withut over-emphasizing the topic at the expense of fundamental principles. This manual also includes colour photomicrographs of recent breakthroughs in technology, such as Fluorescence In Sitre Hybridization (FISH) and highlights the important ongoing research into determining disease predisposition.
A comprehensive manual on medical genetics designed for medical students. In this edition, most chapters have been substantially rewritten or replaced. It contains a significant amount of clinical material in sufficient detail to answer many questions and lists comprehensive references. The book features a balanced presentation of traditional areas of medical genetics, such as chromosomal basis of heredity, with contemporary areas of medical genetics, such as non-traditional inheritance (eg imprinting, mitochondria inheritance). This edition contains more current information, achieved by condensing old and adding new, without substantially increasing the text. Molecular breakthroughs are covered in detail withut over-emphasizing the topic at the expense of fundamental principles. This manual also includes colour photomicrographs of recent breakthroughs in technology, such as Fluorescence In Sitre Hybridization (FISH) and highlights the important ongoing research into determining disease predisposition.
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Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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273 illustrations, glossary, references, index
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
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978-0-8121-1663-2 (9780812116632)
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University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Winnipeg, Minnesota, USA
Columbia University, New York, USA
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Canada
Part 1 Heredity and disease: heritability of diseases and traits; chromosomal basis of heredity; clinical consequences of autosomal chromosome abnormalities; sex chromosomes ans their abnormalities; genetic basis of heredity; biochemical genetics; molecular genetics; selected mendelian diseases; mapping the human genome; genetic variation in human populations; the genetics of development and maldevelopment; multifactorial inheritance; some malformations and diseases determined by multifactorial inheritance; nontraditional inheritance. Part 2 Special topics: prenatal diagnosis of genetic diseases; human teratology; dermatoglyphics; immunogenetics; blood groups and serum proteins; somatic cell genetics; genetics and cancer; genetics of behaviour; cardiovascular disease; pharmacogenetics; normal traits; twins and their use in genetics; syndromology; genetic counselling. Appendix A: High resolution chromosome banding and morbid anatomy of the human genome. Appendix B: Selected sources of information on medical genetics and general genetics.
