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A Primer of human genetics / Greg Gibson

By: Publication details: Sunderland, Massachusetts : Sinauer Associates, Inc. : 2015.Description: xiii, 442 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781605353135
  • 1605353132
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616/.042 23
LOC classification:
  • RB 155 .G357 2015
NLM classification:
  • QU 450
Online resources:
Contents:
Conceptual foundations -- The human genome -- Human evolution -- Normal variation -- Personalized genomics -- Genome-wide association studies -- Whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing -- Gene expression profiling -- The epigenome -- Integrative genomics -- Immune-related diseases -- Metabolic disease -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cancer genetics -- Neurological and psychiatric disorders -- Genetics of aging
Summary: A Primer of Human Genetics is an introductory textbook designed to give students the foundation they need to understand and appreciate the extraordinary shifts in human genetics that have accompanied the arrival of genomics. The book lays out the key concepts of human evolution, quantitative genetics, and personalized medicine before describing the tools that are missing from most contemporary textbooks: genome-wide association studies, whole-genome resequencing, gene expression and epigenome profiling, and integrative genomics. The final section provides an up-to-date survey of specific findings in six major domains of human disease: immunological, metabolic, cardiovascular, cancer, neuropsychological, and aging disorders. After reading this textbook, not only will students be better equipped to read current literature, they will gain a sense of the impact that the revolution in genomics has had for our understanding of the human condition, as well as of the major trends in human genetics research. Students are assumed to have a core understanding of genetics such as would be obtained in a general genetics class. Each chapter is approximately 20 pages long, and organized under up to ten sub-headings, most of which incorporate an illustrative figure. Chapter summary points recap the key messages, and references point students to key reviews and contemporary highlights. Several of the chapters contain a single box, which provides extra material on topics such as "Consent and Responsible Conduct of Research" and "Methylation Analysis in Biology."--Publisher description
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RB 153 .I545 2007 Microbiology and Infection / RB 153 .M548 2015 Mims' Pathogenesis of infectious disease / RB 155 .C655 1987 Essential Medical Genetics / RB 155 .G357 2015 A Primer of human genetics / RB 155 .J673 1999 c.1 Medical Genetics / RB 155 .J673 1999 c.2 Medical Genetics / RB 155 .K554 1989 ABC Of Clinical Genetics /

Includes bibliographical references and index

Conceptual foundations -- The human genome -- Human evolution -- Normal variation -- Personalized genomics -- Genome-wide association studies -- Whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing -- Gene expression profiling -- The epigenome -- Integrative genomics -- Immune-related diseases -- Metabolic disease -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cancer genetics -- Neurological and psychiatric disorders -- Genetics of aging

A Primer of Human Genetics is an introductory textbook designed to give students the foundation they need to understand and appreciate the extraordinary shifts in human genetics that have accompanied the arrival of genomics. The book lays out the key concepts of human evolution, quantitative genetics, and personalized medicine before describing the tools that are missing from most contemporary textbooks: genome-wide association studies, whole-genome resequencing, gene expression and epigenome profiling, and integrative genomics. The final section provides an up-to-date survey of specific findings in six major domains of human disease: immunological, metabolic, cardiovascular, cancer, neuropsychological, and aging disorders. After reading this textbook, not only will students be better equipped to read current literature, they will gain a sense of the impact that the revolution in genomics has had for our understanding of the human condition, as well as of the major trends in human genetics research. Students are assumed to have a core understanding of genetics such as would be obtained in a general genetics class. Each chapter is approximately 20 pages long, and organized under up to ten sub-headings, most of which incorporate an illustrative figure. Chapter summary points recap the key messages, and references point students to key reviews and contemporary highlights. Several of the chapters contain a single box, which provides extra material on topics such as "Consent and Responsible Conduct of Research" and "Methylation Analysis in Biology."--Publisher description

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