Human genetics and health issues
By: Mark Hirst and Judith Metcalfe,
Contributors: Hirst, Mark; Metcalfe, Judith
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Open University
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Keynes
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781848732803
Subjects: Human genetics; Genes; Human Genome Project; Genetics; Moral and ethical aspects; Genetic disorders; Medical genetics; Heredity
Notes: Course reader for SK195 Human genetics and health issues.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Human genetics and health issues : an overview; title: Chapter 2 the biology of the cell; title: Chapter 3 The human genome : chromosomes and genes; title: Chapter 4 Transmission of the genetic material; title: Chapter 5 The inheritance of genes; title: Chapter 6 The inheritance of genetic disorders; title: Chapter 7 The influence of the environment on the phenotype; title: Chapter 8 Genetic disorders with multifactorial inheritance; title: Chapter 9 Introducing the substances of life; title: Chapter 10 What is your genome made of?; title: Chapter 11 Using information stored in DNA; title: Chapter 12 Mutation; title: Chapter 13 From protein to phenotype; title: Chapter 14 Sequencing and interpreting the human genome; title: Chapter 15 Analysis of the human genome sequence; title: Chapter 16 Cancer : somatic mutation and cellular disease; title: Chapter 17 Genes and populations; title: Chapter 18 What will a knowledge of the sequence of the human genome do for us?; title: Chapter 19 Genetic testing; title: Chapter 20 Genetic medicine : dreams and realities; title: Chapter 21 Genetics, public health and health policy.