Genes, chromosomes, and disease
Subtitle: from simple traits, to complex traits, to personalized medicine
By: Nicholas Wright Gillham
Publisher: FT Press Science
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780137075447
Subjects: Genetic Techniques; Susceptibility; Genetics; Human Chromosomes; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genetic disorders; Therapy; Human chromosomes; Inborn Genetic Disease
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hunting for disease genes; title: How genetic diseases arise; title: Ethnicity and genetic disease; title: Susceptibility genes and risk factors; title: Genes and cancer; title: Genes and behavior; title: Genes and IQ : an unfinished story; title: Preventing genetic disease; title: Treating genetic disease; title: The dawn of personalized medicine.