Genes, chromosomes, and disease : from simple traits, to complex traits, to personalized medicine / Nicholas Wright Gillham.

  • Gillham, Nicholas W.
Date:
2011
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : FT Press Science, 2011.

Physical description

xiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Hunting for disease genes -- How genetic diseases arise -- Ethnicity and genetic disease -- Susceptibility genes and risk factors -- Genes and cancer -- Genes and behavior -- Genes and IQ : an unfinished story -- Preventing genetic disease -- Treating genetic disease -- The dawn of personalized medicine.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-291) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QZ50 2011G47g
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780137075447
  • 0137075448