| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 557 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; 57
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Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 57.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-538) and index. |
| Contents |
Before Mendel -- Mendelism and human inherited disease -- The rise of classical genetics -- The beginnings of molecular biology -- Human chromosomes -- Human biochemical genetics -- The human gene map -- Genes, populations, and human inherited disease -- Human genetics as a scientific discipline -- From human to medical genetics -- The elements of medical genetics -- Medical genetics : the laboratory basis -- Human molecular genetics -- The management, treatment, and prevention of genetic disease -- Eugenics -- The tragedy of Russian genetics -- Medical genetics : the ethical dimension -- History in the making. |
| Summary |
An eminent geneticist, veteran author, OMMG Series Editor, and noted archivist, Peter Harper presents a lively account of how our ideas and knowledge about human genetics have developed over the past century from the perspective of someone inside the field with a deep interest in its historical aspects. Dr. Harper has researched the history of genetics and has had personal contact with a host of key figures whose memories and experiences extend back 50 years, and he has interviewed and recorded conversations with many of these important geneticists. Thus, rather than being a conventional histo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical genetics -- History.
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Medical genetics. |
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History. |
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Genetics, Medical -- history. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harper, Peter S. Short history of medical genetics. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195187502 (DLC) 2008002454 (OCoLC)191090395 |
| ISBN |
9780199720132 (electronic book) |
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0199720134 (electronic book) |
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9780195187502 (alkaline paper) |
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0195187504 (alkaline paper) |
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