Genetics in medicine / Margaret W. Thompson

Role of genetics in medicine.-Classification of genetics disorders.-Crhomosomal basis of heredity.-Structure and function of chromosome and genes.-Patterns of single gene inheritance.-Tools of human molecular genetics.-Genetic variation, polymorphism, and mutation.-Genes in populations.-The human gene map: gene mapping and linkage.-Clinical cytogenetics: general principles and autosomal abnormalities.-The sex chromosomes and their abnormalities.-The hemoglobinopathies: models of molecular disease.-The treatments of genetic disease.-Genetics of the immune system.-Genetics of disorders with multifactorial inheritance.-Genetics of cancer.-Genetic aspects of development.-Genetic couseling.-Prenatal diagnosis.-