A Century of Mendelism in Human Genetics Contributor(s): Keynes, Milo (Editor), Edwards, A. W. F. (Editor), Peel, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415329604 ISBN-13: 9780415329606 Publisher: CRC Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2004 Annotation: A Century of Mendelism in Human Genetics focuses on the impact that Mendelism has had on the study of disease, including human cancer genetics, natural selection in human populations, and the role of genetics in the future of medicine. The authors provide a historical perspective of the first fifty years of Mendelism, including the bitter argument between the Mendelians and the biometricians. They discuss human genetics since 1950, ending with a final chapter examining genetics and the future of medicine. The book considers the genetics of both single-gene and complex diseases, human cancer genetics, genetic linkage, and natural selection in human populations. Click for more in this series: Frontiers S |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Mammals |
Dewey: 599.935 |
LCCN: 2003065093 |
Series: Frontiers S |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.42" W x 9.58" L (0.89 lbs) 180 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated |
Review Citations: Scitech Book News 12/01/2004 pg. 60 |
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Publisher Description: In 1901 William Bateson, Professor of Biology at Cambridge, published a renewed version of a lecture which he had delivered the year before to the Royal Horticultural Society in London (reprinted in the book as an appendix). In this lecture he recognized the importance of the work completed by Gregor Mendel in 1865, and brought it to the notice of the scientific world. Upon reading Bateson's paper, Archibald Garrod realized the relevance of Mendel's laws to human disease and in 1902 introduced Mendelism to medical genetics. The first part of A Century of Mendelism in Human Genetics takes a historical perspective of the first 50 years of Mendelism, including the bitter argument between the Mendelians and the biometricians. The second part discusses human genetics since 1950, ending with a final chapter examining genetics and the future of medicine. The book considers the genetics of both single-gene and complex diseases, human cancer genetics, genetic linkage, and natural selection in human populations. Besides being of general medical significance, this book will be of particular interest to departments of genetics and of medical genetics, as well as to historians of science and medicine. |
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