| Description |
xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-259) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Babies' blood: phenylketonuria and the rise of public health genetics -- Provenance and the pedigree: Victor McKusick's field work with the Pennsylvania Amish -- Squashed spiders: standardizing the human chromosomes and other unruly things -- Two peas in a pod: twin science and the rise of human behavior genetics -- Jewish genes: history, emotion, and familial dysautonomia -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Essay on sources -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Medical genetics -- United States -- History.
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Medical genetics. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| ISBN |
0801881757 hardcover alkaline paper |
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