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Author:

Harper, Peter S.

Title:

A short history of medical genetics / Peter S. Harper.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xi, 557 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Medical genetics--History.
Genetics, Medical--history.
History, Modern 1601-.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-538) and index.

Contents:

Before Mendel -- Mendelism and human inherited disease -- The rise of classical genetics -- The beginnings of molecular biology -- Human chromosomes -- Human biochemical genetics -- The human gene map -- Genes, populations, and human inherited disease -- Human genetics as a scientific discipline -- From human to medical genetics -- The elements of medical genetics -- Medical genetics : the laboratory basis -- Human molecular genetics -- The management, treatment, and prevention of genetic disease -- Eugenics -- The tragedy of Russian genetics -- Medical genetics : the ethical dimension -- History in the making.

Series:

Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; 57

ISBN:

0195187504 (alk. paper)
9780195187502 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008002454

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)