Human Polygenic Diseases
Subtitle: Animal Models
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: July 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9789057023361
Subjects: Hereditary diseases & disorders; Medical genetics; Medical; Genetics
First sentence: As a mammal with a well mapped genome, hundreds of single mutations causing inherited disease, and dozens of inbred strains differing at multiple genetic loci, the laboratory mouse provides powerful experimental tools for analysis of both monogenic and polygenic traits with relevance to human disease.