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Human genetics : the basics / Ricki Lewis.

By: Lewis, Ricki
Material type: TextTextSeries: Basics (Routledge (Firm)): Publisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011Description: xii, 188 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780415579841 (hbk); 0415579848 (hbk); 9780415579865 (pbk); 0415579864 (pbk); 9780203840580 (ebk); 0203840585 (ebk)Subject(s): Genetics, Medical -- Popular Works | Human genetics -- Popular worksDDC classification: 599.935 LOC classification: QH431 | .L41857 2011
Contents:
From ancestry to destiny -- From Mendel's peas to double helices -- How genes work -- Genes and health -- Genetic testing -- Genetic and genomic technologies.
Summary: Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure branch of biological science and occasional explanation for exceedingly rare disorders to a field that affects everyone. Human Genetics: The Basics introduces the key questions and issues in this emerging field, including: --Summary: -The common ancestry of all humanity --Summary: -The role of genes in sickness and health --Summary: -Debates over the use of genetic technology --Book Jacket.Summary: Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure branch of biological science and occasional explanation for exceedingly rare disorders to a field that affects everyone. Human Genetics: The Basics introduces the key questions and issues in this emerging field, including: --Summary: -The common ancestry of all humanity --Summary: -The role of genes in sickness and health --Summary: -Debates over the use of genetic technology --Book Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-185) and index.

From ancestry to destiny -- From Mendel's peas to double helices -- How genes work -- Genes and health -- Genetic testing -- Genetic and genomic technologies.

Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure branch of biological science and occasional explanation for exceedingly rare disorders to a field that affects everyone. Human Genetics: The Basics introduces the key questions and issues in this emerging field, including: --

-The common ancestry of all humanity --

-The role of genes in sickness and health --

-Debates over the use of genetic technology --Book Jacket.

Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure branch of biological science and occasional explanation for exceedingly rare disorders to a field that affects everyone. Human Genetics: The Basics introduces the key questions and issues in this emerging field, including: --

-The common ancestry of all humanity --

-The role of genes in sickness and health --

-Debates over the use of genetic technology --Book Jacket.

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