Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, vol. 6, 2005.0824337069 Annual review of genomics and human genetics Human genetics A discipline concerned with genetically determined resemblances and differences among human beings. Technological advances in the visualization of human chromosomes have shown that abnormalities of chromosome number or structure are surprisingly ; v.6, 2005. Ed. by Aravinda Chakravarti and Eric Green. Annual Reviews 2005 462 pages $187.00 Hardcover QH447 Seventeen chapters review the current state of research in areas that include glaucoma susceptibility, Noonan syndrome and related disorders, psoriasis and autoimmunity, cardiac remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling , human taste, cystic fibrosis, advances in chemical genetics, patterns of natural variation in human genes, and comparative genomic hybridization hybridization /hy·brid·iza·tion/ (hi?brid-i-za´shun) 1. crossbreeding; the act or process of producing hybrids. 2. molecular hybridization 3. . Two scientists from the laboratory of genomic diversity at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland contribute an article on big cat genomics and the field of conservation genetics. In addition, Alfred G. Knudson Alfred George Knudson Jr. PhD (born in Los Angeles, 1922) is a geneticist specialised in the genetics of cancer. Probably the most important one of his many contributions to the field was the formulation of the Knudson hypothesis in 1971, which explains the effects of mutation on (Fox Chase Cancer Center The Fox Chase Cancer Center is a medical research facility and hospital located in the northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Center is an independent, non-profit institution which specializes in the treatment and prevention of cancer. , Philadelphia, PA) surveys his education and career. Chakravarti is at the Johns Hopkins U. School of Medicine; Green is at the National Human Genome Research Institute. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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