Genetic Variation & Human Disease: Principles and Evolutionary Approaches

Kenneth M. Weiss,R A Foley,C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor

ISBN 10: 0521336600 / ISBN 13: 9780521336604

Published by Cambridge University Press 2008-08-21, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Genetic Variation & Human Disease: Principles and Evolutionary Approaches
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2008-08-21
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521336600
• ISBN 13: 9780521336604
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Modern laboratory and computing advances have made it possible to identify which genes are responsible for a disease (or other biological traits) and to identify those genes. This book presents a survey of the methods that are being used to generate these successes, especially to study disease in families. The methods of epidemiology and genetics are surveyed, and related to molecular genetic data, with examples from both pediatric and chronic disease. The pattern of variation that has been found is best understood from the evolutionary perspective. Because these methods and ideas apply to any biological trait, not just to disease, this is a general book about the genetic control of biological traits.

Book Description

Modern laboratory and computing advances have made it possible to identify the genes responsible for a disease or other biological traits. The methods of epidemiology and genetics are surveyed and related to molecular genetic data, with examples from pediatric and chronic disease.