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Author:
Lindee, M. Susan.
Title:
Moments of truth in genetic medicine / Susan Lindee.
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
xii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Genetics, Medical--history--United States.
Genetics--history--United States
Heredity.
Public health--United States
Medical genetics--United States--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-259) and index.
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Babies' blood: phenylketonuria and the rise of public health genetics -- Provenance and the pedigree: Victor McKusick's field work with the Pennsylvania Amish -- Squashed spiders: standardizing the human chromosomes and other unruly things -- Two peas in a pod: twin science and the rise of human behavior genetics -- Jewish genes: history, emotion, and familial dysautonomia -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Essay on sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN:
9780801881756 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801881757 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)57123912
LCCN:
2004028267
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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