Author: Víctor Almon MckusickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 227
Book Description
The Morbid Anatomy of the Human Genome
Author: Victor Almon McKusickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gene mapping
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The morbid anatomy of the human genome
Author: Víctor Almon MckusickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 227
Book Description
Morbid Anatomy of the Genome
Author: Ram S. VermaPublisher: Elsevier Science Limited
ISBN: 9781559385831
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The technical advances in molecular biology have endowed us with a wealth of knowledge, which has allowed us to identify the cause of diseases not only at a single gene level but at a greater magnitude, where a substitution or deletion of a single base pair can be identified. Our present task is to establish a clear link between phenotype and nucleotide sequence. Obviously, a gene is no longer an imaginary entity. Recent discoveries in a number of bewildering traits, whose inheritance do not follow simple mendelian rules, have caused much amazement. For example, fragile X-syndrome, spine and bulbar muscular atrophy and myotic dystrophy arise from "triples repeat mutation" and amplification in future generations. Genetic diseases which are inherited, can now be diagnosed prenatally; an idea that was once inconceivable. The aim of the second volume, entitled Morbid Anatomy of the Genome, is to reflect on the importance of molecular genetics in modern medicine. The field has expanded so as to warrant a volume dedicated exclusively toward understanding those who wish to know the cause, detection and in turn treatment of such diseases. In this volume, I have commissioned several scientists to contribute 12 chapters. A chapter describing a special role of molecular genetics in combating genetic diseases through gene therapy has also been included, while chapter 13 is a commentary. A complete account of all diseases whose genetic basis is well established would be a herculean task and is not within the scope of a single volume format. Therefore a few specific topics have been chosen which may be of the greatest interest to scientists and clinicians. The purpose of this issue is to keep abreast of the latest developments in a select group of genetic diseases.
The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body
Author: Matthew BailliePublisher:
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Category : Anatomy, Pathological
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body ... Third American from the Fifth London Edition
Author: Matthew BAILLIEThe Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Importants Parts of the Human Body
Author: Matthew BaillieThe Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body
Author: Matthew BaillieOTA Report on the Human Genome Project
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
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Category : Gene mapping
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Inside the Human Genome
Author: John C. AvisePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190453079
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Humanity's physical design flaws have long been apparent--we get hemorrhoids and impacted wisdom teeth, for instance--but do the imperfections extend down to the level of our genes? Inside the Human Genome is the first book to examine the philosophical question of why, from the perspectives of biochemistry and molecular genetics, flaws exist in the biological world. Distinguished evolutionary geneticist John Avise offers a panoramic yet penetrating exploration of the many gross deficiencies in human DNA--ranging from mutational defects to built-in design faults--while at the same time offering a comprehensive treatment of recent findings about the human genome. The author shows that the overwhelming scientific evidence for genomic imperfection provides a compelling counterargument to intelligent design. He also develops a case that theologians should welcome rather than disavow these discoveries. The evolutionary sciences can help mainstream religions escape the shackles of Intelligent Design, and thereby return religion to its rightful realm--not as the secular interpreter of the biological minutiae of our physical existence, but rather as a respectable philosophical counselor on grander matters of ultimate concern.
A Century of Mendelism in Human Genetics
Author: Milo KeynesPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203392159
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book 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