The principles of human biochemical genetics / Harry Harris.

  • Harris, Harry, 1919-1994.
Date:
1975
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    vili Preface ably in its approach and arrangement from my earlier one, and of course much of the material discussed is new. One of the difficulties in writing this kind of text is deciding what examples should be used to illustrate the various points in the argument, and in how much detail they should be presented. Also one has to decide what must be left out, if the overall length is to be kept to a manageable size, and the argument not be obscured by an excessive amount of descriptive material. Since a book of this sort may also be useful as a source of reference, one is often placed in something of a quandary. I have tried to resolve this difficulty by giving key references to much material which is not described in detail in the text, and a great deal of this has been arranged in the form of tables or appendices so that the appropriate references can be extracted more easily. Nevertheless the scope of the subject is now so very extensive and the literature so vast and distributed over such a wide range of journals, that reference to many topics must inevitably have been omitted. I hope nevertheless that enough has been included so that the book may serve not only as an intro¬ ductory text in which the main principles of the subject are formulated, but also as guide to further reading on specific topics. Galton Laboratory, University College, London Harry Harris, M.D., F.R.S. July, 1969