Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1021 g
Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1021 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-518750-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press
An eminent geneticist, veteran author, OMMG Series Editor, and noted archivist, Peter Harper presents a lively account of how our ideas and knowledge about human genetics have developed over the past century from the perspective of someone inside the field with a deep interest in its historical aspects. Dr. Harper has researched the history of genetics and has had personal contact with a host of key figures whose memories and experiences extend back 50 years, and he has interviewed and recorded conversations with many of these important geneticists. Thus, rather than being a conventional history, this book transmits the essence of the ideas and the people involved and how they interacted in advancing- and sometimes retarding- the field. From the origins of human genetics; through the contributions of Darwin, Mendel, and other giants; the identification of the first human chromosome abnormalities; and up through the completion of the Human Genome project, this Short History is written in the author's characteristic clear and personal style, which appeals to geneticists and to all those interested in the story of human genetics.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1: The Foundations of Human and Medical Genetics
- 1: Before Mendel
- 2: Mendelism and Human Inherited Disorders
- 3: The Rise of Classical Genetics
- 4: The Beginnings of Molecular Biology
- Part 2: Human Genetics
- 5: Human Chromosomes
- 6: Human Biochemical Genetics
- 7: The Human Gene Map
- 8: Genes, Populations and Human Inherited Disorders
- 9: Human Genetics as a Scientific Discipline
- Part 3: Medical Genetics
- 10: From Human to Medical Genetics
- 11: The Elements of Medical Genetics
- 12: Medical Genetics, the Laboratory Basis
- 13: Human Molecular Genetics
- 14: The Management, Therapy and Prevention of Genetic Disease
- Part 4: Genetics and Society
- 15: Eugenics
- 16: The Tragedy of Russian Genetics
- 17: Medical Genetics, the Ethical Dimension
- Part 5: Conclusion and Appendices
- 18: History in the Making
- Appendix I: General Sources
- Appendix II: Timeline
- References
