Wayne WK Lam, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
Robert F Mueller, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
Published online: May 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0001873
Human genetics is the study of the inheritance of biological variation as it relates to health and disease. Advances made in the last 35 years and, in particular, the developments coming out of the Human Genome Project offer the prospect of understanding and the possibility of treatment of many inherited disorders.
Keywords: inheritance; chromosomes; genes
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| book Gardner RJM and Sutherland GR (1996) Chromosome Abnormalities and Genetic Counselling, 2nd edn. New York: Oxford University Press. | |
| book Harper PS (1994) Practical Genetic Counselling, 4th edn. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. | |
| book Mueller RF and Young ID (1998) Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics, 10th edn. London: Churchill Livingstone. | |
| book Rimoin DL, Connor JM and Pyeritz RE (1997) Emery and Remoin's Principle and Practice of Medical Genetics, 3rd edn. London: Churchill Livingstone. | |
| book Scriver CR, Beaudet AL, Sly WS and Valle D (1995) The Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease, 7th edn. New York: McGraw-Hill. | |
| book Strachan T and Read AP (1997) Human Molecular Genetics. Oxford: BIOS Scientific. | |
| book Thompson M (1991) Genetics in Medicine, 5th edn. Philadelphia: WB Saunders. | |
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