Evolution of Medical Genetics

Name: Evolution of Medical Genetics
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

The Evolution of Medical GeneticsA British Perspective\nAuthor(s): Peter Harper\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367356323, 978-0367356323\nSynopsis\nThis informative new book presents an accessible account of the development of medical genetics over the past 70 years, one of the most important areas of 20th, and now 21st, century science and medicine. Based largely on the authors personal involvement and career as a leader in the field over the last half century, both in the UK and internationally, it draws on his interest and involvement in documenting the history of medical genetics. Underpinning the content is a unique series of 100 recorded interviews undertaken by the author with key older workers in the field, the majority British, providing invaluable information going back to the very beginnings of human and medical genetics.\n\nFocusing principally on medically relevant areas of genetics rather than the.