from simple traits, to complex traits, to personalized medicine Gillham, Nicholas W. creator text bibliography nju New Jersey FT Press Science 2011 monographic eng

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xiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm. Annotation. This overview covers the rise of medical genetics through the past century and the eugenic impulses it has inspired. It reviews the linkages between genes and disease, ethnic groups' differential susceptibility to genetic traits and disorders, personalized medicine and crucial social and ethical issues arising from progress. Hunting for disease genes -- How genetic diseases arise -- Ethnicity and genetic disease -- Susceptibility genes and risk factors -- Genes and cancer -- Genes and behavior -- Genes and IQ : an unfinished story -- Preventing genetic disease -- Treating genetic disease -- The dawn of personalized medicine. by Nicholas Wright Gillham. Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-291) and index. Genetic disorders Susceptibility Human chromosomes Genetic Diseases, Inborn genetics Chromosomes, Human Genetic Diseases, Inborn therapy Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics Genetic Techniques RB155.5 .G55 2011 616/.042 2011 H-354 QZ 50 9780137075447 (hardback : alk. paper) 0137075448 (hardback : alk. paper) 2010051297 101203 20231016113526.0 0000022660