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Thompson & Thompson genetics in medicine / - 8th ed. Robert L. Nussbaum, Roderick R. McInnes, Huntington F. Willard. - Philadelphia : Elsevier, 2016. - xi, 546 p. : ill., color photos, charts, graphs, diagrs.

Introduction to the human genome -- The human genome: gene structure and function -- Human genetic diversity: mutation and polymorphism -- Principles of clinical cytogenetics and genome analysis -- The chromosomal and genomic basis of disease: disorders of the autosomes and sex chromosomes -- Patterns of single-gene inheritance -- Complex inheritance of common multifactorial disorders -- Genetic variation in populations -- Identifying the genetic basis for human disease -- The molecular basis of genetic disease : general principles and lessons from the hemoglobinopathies -- The molecular, biochemical, and cellular basis of genetic disease -- The treatment of genetic disease -- Developmental genetics and birth defects -- Cancer genetics and genomics -- Risk assessment and genetic counseling -- Prenatal diagnosis and screening -- Application of genomics to medicine and personalized health care -- Ethical and social issues in genetics and genomics.

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Medical genetics.

RB155 N88 2016