Genes, chromosomes, and disease : from simple traits, to complex traits, to personalized medicine
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Genes, chromosomes, and disease : from simple traits, to complex traits, to personalized medicine
AUTHOR:
Gillham, Nicholas W. (Nicholas Wright), 1932-
ISBN:
9780137075447
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Upper Saddle River, NJ : FT Press Science, 2011
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xiv, 336 p. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
Hunting for disease genes -- How genetic diseases arise -- Ethnicity and genetic disease -- Susceptibility genes and risk factors -- Genes and cancer -- Genes and behavior -- Genes and IQ : an unfinished story -- Preventing genetic disease -- Treating genetic disease -- The dawn of personalized medicine.
SUBJECT:
| Genetic disorders -- Susceptibility |
| Human chromosomes |
| Genetic Disease, Inborn -- genetics |
| Chromosomes, Human |
| Genetic Disease, Inborn -- therapy |
| Genetic Predisposition to Disease -- genetics |
| Genetic Techniques |