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020 _a9780137075447 (hardback : alk. paper)
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_bG479g 2011
100 1 _aGillham, Nicholas W.
245 1 0 _aGenes, chromosomes, and disease :
_bfrom simple traits, to complex traits, to personalized medicine /
_cby Nicholas Wright Gillham.
260 _aNew Jersey :
_bFT Press Science,
_c2011.
264 _aNew Jersey :
_bFT Press Science,
_c2011.
300 _axiv, 336 pages ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 253-291) and index.
505 0 _aHunting 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.
520 8 _aAnnotation.
_bThis 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.
650 0 _aGenetic disorders
_xSusceptibility.
650 0 _aHuman chromosomes.
650 1 2 _aGenetic Diseases, Inborn
_xgenetics.
650 2 2 _aChromosomes, Human.
650 2 2 _aGenetic Diseases, Inborn
_xtherapy.
650 2 2 _aGenetic Predisposition to Disease
_xgenetics.
650 2 2 _aGenetic Techniques.
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