Human genetics : possibilities and realities

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828255103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Excerpta Medica, 1979
• ISBN: 9786613694201; 9781280783814; 1280783818; 9780470718179; 047071817X; 9780470720486; 0470720484
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 66 (new ser.)
• Disciplina: 573.2/1
• Soggetti: Human genetics; Medical genetics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 27th-29th June 1978."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Human Genetics: possibilities and realities; Contents; Introduction; Cultural change and its relevance for human genetics; Discussion; Genes and non-coding DNA sequences; Discussion; Reversed genetics: a new approach to the elucidation of structure-function relationship; Discussion; Genetics in an oocyte; Discussion; DNA repair defects and chromosome instability disorders; Discussion; General Discussion I; Human haemoglobin genetics; Discussion; Multilocus enzymes in man; Discussion; Gene clusters and the HLA system; Discussion; The genetics of the complement system; Discussion; Monoclonal antibodies and cell surface antigensDiscussion; General Discussion II; Human gene mapping and cancer biology; Discussion; Some recent progress in the analysis of malignancy by cell fusion; Discussion; The role of viral transformation and cytogenetic changes in viral oncogenesis; Discussion; The genetics of learning disabilities; Discussion; On being an individual, or: the man in the red hat; Discussion; Molecular and genetic organization: the future; Final General Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Index of contributors; ; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.