Genetics 3

Along with psychopathology, cognition has been one of the primary phenotypic focal points of the field of behavior genetics since its inception. Francis Galton’s 1874 examination of eminent families……続きを見る

Carrier testing of adults provides information about the risk of passing a genetic mutation to your children, leading to reproductive (and some say, eugenic) decisions. Excessive carrier screening m……続きを見る

The therapeutic potential of the use of adipose stem cells in regenerative medicine has been increasingly recognized, and in recent years concrete clinical benefits have accrued as these cells have ……続きを見る

Ashkenazi Jews have the highest known population risk of carrying specific mutations in the high-risk breast cancer genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. So what does it mean to be told you have an increased risk……続きを見る

Designated a Doody's Core Title! The third edition of this award-winning text provides new and updated knowledge about genetics issues relevant to nursing practice. Read in sequence or used as a ref……続きを見る

Mainstream science believes that the Neanderthals were wiped out 30,000 years ago. But were they? Some questions remain as to the fate of the Neanderthals. Are we the Neanderthals? 続きを見る

Laron syndrome (LS), or primary growth hormone (GH) insensitivity, was first described in 1966. Since then, many patients worldwide have been diagnosed with LS, which involves defects in the GH rece……続きを見る

Almost daily we hear news stories, advertisements, and scientific reports that promise genetic medicine will make us live longer, enable doctors to identify and treat diseases before they start, and……続きを見る

This volume will explore the epidemiology and the basic mechanisms of each of these prenatal phenomena, in an attempt to explain the role of the prenatal environment in promoting postnatal weight ga……続きを見る

Examples from various organs and diseases illustrate the potential benefit obtained when both therapeutic approaches are combined with delivery strategies.Representing the combined effort of several……続きを見る

In the world the male reproductive health is declining.In the past it was believed that the lack of conception depended mainly on the woman. Studies conducted in recent years they have shown that at……続きを見る

Biosocialities, Genetics and the Social Sciences explores the social, cultural and economic transformations that result from innovations in genomic knowledge and technology. This pioneering collecti……続きを見る

Controversy over human evolution remains widespread. However, the human genome project and genetic sequencing of many other species have provided myriad precise and unambiguous genetic markers that ……続きを見る

Nella metà dei casi l'infertilità in una coppia è dovuta a disturbi andrologici, cioè problemi che l'uomo manifesta nei suoi spermatozoi. Le cause sono tante: il varicocele, ossia una dilatazione co……続きを見る

Addressing clients’ questions and concerns about the role of genetics in mental illness. As we learn more about how our biology and genes can play into the development of a mental health disorder, p……続きを見る

Schizophrenia may not be a single disease, but the result of a diverse set of related conditions. Modern neuroscience is beginning to reveal some of the genetic and environmental underpinnings of sc……続きを見る

Clinical cases provide complete, concise coverage of the biochemical and genetic diseases tested on the USMLE Step 1 and in basic science courses. A strong focus on the clinical aspects of biochemi……続きを見る

This book comprises proceedings from the Third International Conference on Advances in Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples in May 2012. This highly multidisciplinary meeting analyzed “nutrition and……続きを見る

The rapid advances in medicine over the last 50 years have totally changed the outlook for children with disorders of sex development (DSD), but there is still much to learn. This book crystallizes ……続きを見る

First published in 1925, “Animal Genetics” is a vintage treatise on breeding animals, including fowl, sheep, pig, dog, horses, and cattle. Animal breeding is a branch of animal science that deals wi……続きを見る

An ultra-concise, evidence-based guide to the initial patient encounter Point of Care Medicine delivers the most patient-care information in the least amount of words possible. Within its pages you ……続きを見る

The muscular dystrophies are a group of genetic diseases that severely affect children and adults. For sufferers and their family, the illness presents enormous physical and psychological challenges……続きを見る

Who are the Jews--a race, a people, a religious group? For over a century, non-Jews and Jews alike have tried to identify who they were--first applying the methods of physical anthropology and more ……続きを見る

Suitable for amateur genealogists seeking to trace their ancestors from Y-DNA samples. It gives step-by-step instructions on how to create your own ancestral pattern and identify others. Of particul……続きを見る

Cord blood is a significant source of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for the treatment of blood and genetic disorders. Cord blood is also an alternative to embryos as a source of tissue for……続きを見る

It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Today, through the collection and analysis of a sm……続きを見る

Debating Human Genetics is based on ethnographic research focusing primarily on the UK publics who are debating and engaging with human genetics, and related bio and techno-science. Drawing on recen……続きを見る

An invaluable student-tested study aid, this primer, first published in 2007, provides guided instruction for the analysis and interpretation of genetic principles and practice in problem solving. E……続きを見る

We are told today by the scientific community that all humans living today are related directly from a common ancestor who emerged from Africa around 70,000 years ago. Perhaps this is true, but I do……続きを見る

Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health benefits to pros……続きを見る