Principles of medical genetics /
Thomas D. Gelehrter, Francis S. Collins, David Ginsburg.
- 2nd ed.
- Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, �1998.
- xi, 410 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The role of genetics in medicine -- Structure and behavior of genes and chromosomes -- Mendelian inheritance -- Population genetics and multifactorial inheritance -- Molecular genetics: gene organization, regulation, and manipulation -- Molecular genetics of human disease: hemoglobinopathies -- Biochemical and molecular genetics of human disease -- Cytogenetics -- Anatomy of the human genome: gene mapping, linkage and positional cloning -- The human genome project -- Cancer genetics -- Clinical genetics -- Gene therapy -- Ethical considerations.