Research Catalog

Title

Variation in the human genome / [editors, Derek Chadwick and Gail Cardew.].

Publication

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1996.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Cardew, Gail.
• Chadwick, Derek.
• Symposium on Variation in the Human Genome (1995 : Ciba Foundation) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95122842

Description

ix, 329 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 197

Uniform Title

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 197.

Subjects

• Genome, Human
• Human population genetics > Congresses
• Human genetics > Variation > Congresses
• Congress
• Human genome > Congresses
• Genetics, Medical

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• Symposium on Variation in the Human Genome, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 15 June 1995.

Contents

• Introduction / K. M. Weiss -- Phylogeographic variability in traditional societies / R. H. Ward and D. Valencia -- Interpreting genetic variability: the effects of shared evolutionary history / P. Donnelly -- Microsatellites: evolution and mutational processes / N. B. Freimer and M. Slatkin -- The phenylalanine hydroxylase locus: a marker for the history of phenylketonuria and human genetic diversity / C. R. Scriver, S. Byck, L. Prevost and L. Hoang / PAH Mutation Analysis Consortium -- Genetic and geographical variability in cystic fibrosis: evolutionary considerations / J. Bertranpetit and F. Calafell -- Unusual inheritance patterns due to dynamic mutation in fragile X syndrome / G. R. Sutherland and R. I. Richards -- Control of [beta]-thalassaemia by carrier screening, genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis: the Sardinian experience / A. Cao, M. C. Rosatelli and R. Galanello -- Multigenic control of skin tumour development in mice / H. Nagase, S. Bryson, F. Fee and A. Balmain --
• Population genetics of tumours / W. F. Bodmer and I. Tomlinson -- Genetic factors that contribute to interindividual variations in plasma low density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels / J. Cohen, A. Gaw, R. I. Barnes, K. T. Landschulz and H. H. Hobbs -- Genetic architecture of common multifactorial diseases / C. F. Sing, M. B. Haviland and S. L. Reilly -- World distribution of HLA alleles and implications for disease / J. Bodmer -- Cladistic approaches to identifying determinants of variability in multifactorial phenotypes and the evolutionary significance of variation in the human genome / A. R. Templeton -- Quantitative phenotype analysis for localization and identification of disease-related genes in a complex genetic background / G. M. Lathrop -- The genetics of common diseases: the implications of population variability / D. J. Weatherall.

ISBN

0471961523 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95054159

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries