Human genetics : concepts and applications /

Lewis, Ricki

Human genetics : concepts and applications / Ricki Lewis - ninth edition. - New York : McGraw Hill Education, c2010 - xxiv, 446 pages ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

About the Author -- Preface -- The Human Touch -- Applying Human Genetics -- The Lewis Guided Learning System -- PART 1 Introduction -- PART 2 Transmission Genetics -- PART 3 DNA and Chromosomes -- PART 4 Population Genetics -- PART 5 Immunity and Cancer -- PART 6 Genetic Technology -- Glossary -- Index.

Explains what genes are, how they function, how they interact with the environment, and how our understanding of genetics has changed since completion of the human genome project.

9780078936463


HUMAN GENETICS

QH 431 .L49 2010