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Record Nr.

UNISA996206967603316

Titolo

Human genetics [[electronic resource] ] : possibilities and realities

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Excerpta Medica, 1979

ISBN

1-280-78381-8

9786613694201

0-470-71817-X

0-470-72048-4

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