Publisher's Synopsis
The 5th edition continues to emphasize basic principles, lucid writing, and useful illustrations, and provides additional information on molecular genetics and clinical material. Covers in part cytogenetics, the clinical spectrum of chromosomal aberrations, single-gene inheritance, multifactorial inheritance, immunogenetics, linkage and mapping, mechanisms of inherited disease, and other topics. Plus, there are chapters on the treatment of genetic disease and the roots of human molecular genetics.
