A short history of medical genetics
By: Peter S. Harper.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 557
ISBN-13: 9780195187502
Subjects: Medical genetics -- History; Genetics, Medical -- history; History, Modern 1601-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Before Mendel; title: Mendelism and human inherited disorders; title: The rise of classical genetics; title: The beginnings of molecular biology; title: Human chromosomes; title: Human biochemical genetics; title: The human gene map; title: Genes, populations, and human inherited disorders; title: Human genetics as a scientific discipline; title: From human to medical genetics; title: The elements of medical genetics; title: Medical genetics, the laboratory basis; title: Human molecular genetics; title: The management, therapy, and prevention of genetic disease; title: Eugenics; title: The tragedy of Russian genetics; title: Medical genetics, the ethical dimension; title: History in the making.