ISBN:
0801881757
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 270 S
,
Ill
,
24 cm
DDC:
616/.042
Keywords:
Medical genetics History
;
Genetics, Medical history
;
History, 20th Century
;
Humangenetik
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction -- Babies' blood: phenylketonuria and the rise of public health genetics -- Provenance and the pedigree: Victor McKusick's field work with the Pennsylvania Amish -- Squashed spiders: standardizing the human chromosomes and other unruly things -- Two peas in a pod: twin science and the rise of human behavior genetics -- Jewish genes: history, emotion, and familial dysautonomia.
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Babies' blood: phenylketonuria and the rise of public health genetics -- Provenance and the pedigree: Victor McKusick's field work with the Pennsylvania Amish -- Squashed spiders: standardizing the human chromosomes and other unruly things -- Two peas in a pod: twin science and the rise of human behavior genetics -- Jewish genes: history, emotion, and familial dysautonomia
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [237] - 259
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