Medical Genetics at a Glance

First Prize in the Medicine category at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2008 The complex field of medical genetics is simplified in Medical Genetics at a Glance, with important scientific principles and clinical material broken into bite-sized chapters. This popular introduction and revision aid covers the core scientific principles relevant to an understanding of medical genetics and the clinical applications of this knowledge by discussing common genetic anomalies and their significance in clinical practice. This edition contains increased clinical relevance and features: * Consideration of the latest practical and philosophical aspects of medical genetics * Full-colour illustrations to increase visual appeal * Self-assessment cases to make revision more rewarding and illustrate clinical applications of genetics * A popular and well structured approach to the molecular diagnostic techniques of modern genetics * An international author team based in the UK and USA Medical Genetics at a Glance is an ideal introduction or concise, highly visual revision aid to genetics for medical students in the early years of their course, and for other students of molecular biology, genetics and genetic counselling.

ISBN 1405148462   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781405148467 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 542 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Chicester Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Series title At a Glance Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780632063727 Publication date 12 Dec 2007   Height (mm) 275 Library of Congress 2007006422   Width (mm) 208 DEWEY 616.042   Spine width (mm) 9 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 168

Pt. 1		Cellular, molecular and developmental biology
1		Introduction and basic biology		10
2		The cell		12
3		The chromosomes		14
4		DNA structure		16
5		DNA replication		18
6		RNA structure		20
7		Production of messenger RNA		22
8		Protein synthesis		24
9		The cell cycle		26
10		Gametogenesis		28
11		Embryology		30
12		Body patterning		32
13		Sexual differentiation		34
Pt. 2		Medical genetics
14		The place of genetics in medicine		36
15		Mendel's laws		38
16		Autosomal dominant inheritance, principles		40
17		Autosomal dominant inheritance, clinical examples		42
18		Autosomal recessive inheritance, principles		44
19		Autosomal recessive inheritance, clinical examples		47
20		Aspects of dominance		50
21		Genomic imprinting and dynamic mutation		52
22		X-linked inheritance		55
23		Sex-related disorders other than X-linked		59
24		Autosomal aneuploidies		62
25		Sex chromosome aneuploidies		64
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"This book provides an extremely extensive introduction to the complexities of modern molecular and clinical genetics ... This is a valuable addition to the teaching literature." ("BMA Medical Book Competition - Programme and Award Winners", September 2008)

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