| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 557 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; 57 |
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Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 57.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
An eminent geneticist, veteran author, OMMG Series Editor, and noted archivist, Peter Harper presents a lively account of how our ideas and knowledge about human genetics have developed over the past century from the perspective of someone inside the field with a deep interest in its historical aspects. Dr. Harper has researched the history of genetics and has had personal contact with a host of key figures whose memories and experiences extend back 50 years, and he has interviewed and recorded conversations with many of these important geneticists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-538) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical genetics -- History
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Genetics, Medical -- history
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History, Modern 1601-
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Genetic.
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MEDICAL -- Genetics.
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Medical genetics
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199720132 |
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0199720134 |
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