| Description |
ix, 457 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Beginnings -- 2. Medical Interlude -- 3. Thalassemia and Sickle-Cell Anemia -- 4. Organizing the Atomic Bomb Studies -- 5. A First Appraisal of the Bombs' Genetic Effects -- 6. When Cousins Marry -- 7. Amerindian Studies: Testing the Water -- 8. On to the Yanomama -- 9. Health and Disease in Recently Contacted Amerindians -- 10. Tribal Demography -- 11. Genetic Differences Between Villages: Stepping Stones to Evolution -- 12. Spontaneous Mutation -- 13. New Approaches to the Effects of the Atomic Bombs -- 14. What Is a Gene? -- 15. Defining the Gene Pool -- 16. Just Too Many People -- 17. Some Longer-Range Problems for the Gene Pool -- 18. Assessment of Genetic Risk -- 19. Genetic Medicine for Populations -- 20. Genetic Medicine for Individuals -- 21. Physician to the Gene Pool |
| Analysis |
Genetics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-431) and index |
| Subject |
Neel, James V. (James Van Gundia), 1915-2000.
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Geneticists -- United States -- Biography.
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Medical genetics -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| LC no. |
93036614 |
| ISBN |
0471308447 (acid-free paper) |
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