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Human heredity : principles & issues /

Cummings, Michael R.

Human heredity : principles & issues / Michael R. Cummings. - 10th ed. - Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, c2014. - xxviii, 465 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

A perspective on human genetics -- Cells and cell division -- Transmission of genes from generation to generation -- Pedigree analysis in human genetics -- The inheritance of complex traits --Cytogenetics: karotypes and chromosome aberrations -- Development and sex determination -- The structure, replication and chromosomal organization of DNA -- Gene expression and gene regulation -- From proteins to phenotypes -- Genome alterations: mutation and epigenetics --Genes and cancer -- An introduction to genetic technology -- Biotechnology and society -- Genomes and genomics -- Reproductive technology, genetic testing, and gene therapy -- Genes and the immune system -- Genetics of behavior -- Population genetics and human evolution.

9781133106876 (pbk.) 1133106870 (pbk.)

2012945753


Heredity, Human.
Human genetics.

QH100 / .C2 2014

21 / C2