Friedrich Vogel, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Published online: January 2006
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0005488
Some notion of the rules of heredity in humans has existed for more than 2000 years; however, genetics as a true science was founded only in the second half of the nineteenth century, and has undergone recent rapid development. This knowledge is being increasingly used in medicine.
Keywords: biometric genetics; cytogenetics; clinical; genetic analysis; mendel's laws; twin studies
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