Young: Medical Genetics
Case Celebres
The author has written some additional case histories of famous figures to supplement those that are in the book.
- Chapter 1
- Gene structure and function - Ivar the Boneless
- Chapter 5
- Identifying genes for Mendelian diseases - Niccolò Paganini
- Chapter 6
- Polygenic inheritance and complex diseases - Chang and Eng
- Chapter 7
- Genes and populations - John Dalton & Reverend Dr William Spooner
- Chapter 9
- Genes and development - The Thalidomide Tragedy
- Chapter 12
- Genes and drugs and treatment - Queen Victoria
- Chapter 14
- Applied clinical genetics - Sex selection