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Human genetics is not the playground of science alone. Genetics concerns all of us, for we all have DNA, genes, genomes, and chromosomes. Our genes determine partly our appearance and our behaviour, our talents and our health risks.The authors of The Human Recipe use humour to explain what we understand about human genetics. With anecdotes and topical examples, they demonstrate how genetics affects our everyday lives. What if a DNA analysis were to reveal that your biological father must be someone other than the person you’ve been calling “Dad” for years? Does genetics explain why Africans excel in athletics, Asians in gymnastics, and Europeans mainly in sports testing physical strengths? What is the difference between a genetic disease and a contagious illness?The newest developments in human genetics also raise ethical questions and issues which are currently being debated within the genetics community, and the authors do not avoid looking at these either. Should we use genetics to ensure the conception of healthy children or even “designer babies”? Should we identify genetic risks before pregnancy? Should we edit genes in embryos? Can we identify our risk for cancers and can we prevent them? What about privacy in DNA research and forensic databases? Can DNA be stolen, and if so, would this be considered a serious crime? The Human Recipe provides a clever insight into all you might want to know about human genetics in our current society.

Human genome --- Genes --- Genetics. --- Biology --- Embryology --- Mendel's law --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Breeding --- Chromosomes --- Heredity --- Mutation (Biology) --- Variation (Biology) --- Units of heredity --- Units of inheritance --- Molecular genetics --- DNA --- Genomes --- Human chromosomes --- Social aspects. --- menselijk genoom --- genetica (genen) --- genetisch onderzoek --- genetisch patent --- génome humain --- génétique (gènes) --- recherche génétique --- brevet génétique --- Genetica --- Genetisch onderzoek --- Human genetics --- Genetics

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In this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of a highly praised classic, The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics, a panel of hands-on experts update their survey of the basic concepts and interpretations involved in chromosome analysis to include the many advances that have occurred in the field. Among the highlights are a full section devoted to advances in fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technology, increased coverage of cancer cytogenetics-both hematopoietic neoplasms and tumor cytogenetics-and new chapters on chromosome instability and the cytogenetics of infertility. The book also reflects major advances in instrumentation and the transition from FAB to World Health Organization nomenclature for hematopoietic disorders. State-of-the-art and readily accessible, The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics, 2nd Edition offers physicians who depend on the cytogenetics laboratory for the diagnosis of their patients, students in cytogenetics programs, and cytogeneticists the clear understanding they need to carry out and interpret their test results rapidly.

Biomedicine. --- Human Genetics. --- Pathology. --- Medicine. --- Human genetics. --- Médecine --- Génétique humaine --- Pathologie --- Human chromosome abnormalities --- Human cytogenetics. --- Chromosomes --- Cytogenetic Analysis --- Diagnosis. --- genetics. --- methods. --- Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis. --- Human cytogenetics --- Methods --- Genetics --- Intranuclear Space --- Cellular Structures --- Cytological Techniques --- Investigative Techniques --- Biology --- Genetic Structures --- Genetic Techniques --- Clinical Laboratory Techniques --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Cell Nucleus Structures --- Cells --- Genetic Phenomena --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Cell Nucleus --- Phenomena and Processes --- Anatomy --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Intracellular Space --- Pathology --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Diagnosis --- Genetics. --- Methods. --- Cytogenetics, Human --- Genetic diagnosis --- Genetic testing --- Cytogenetics --- Human genetics --- Disease (Pathology) --- Medical sciences --- Diseases --- Medicine, Preventive --- Heredity, Human --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology

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William Bateson brought the work of Mendel (and much more) to the attention of the English-speaking world. He commanded the biological sciences in the decades after Darwin's death in 1882. To understand these years we must first understand Bateson. Through examination of the life of a major contributor to the turn-of-the-century revolution in biology, the authors of this volume reconcile the genocentrism of George Williams and Richard Dawkins with the hierarchical thinking of Richard Goldschmidt and Stephen Jay Gould. The anti-Darwinian arguments of Bateson are only now, a century later, gaining recognition. At last, Evolutionists can present a unified front to their creationist opponents.

Life Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Human Genetics. --- History of Medicine. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Philosophy of Biology. --- Life sciences. --- Human genetics. --- Biology --- Medicine. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Sciences de la vie --- Génétique humaine --- Biologie --- Médecine --- Evolution (Biologie) --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Bateson, William, 1861-1926. --- Geneticists -- England -- Biography. --- Genetics -- England -- History. --- Geneticists --- Genetics --- Health & Biological Sciences --- History --- History. --- Bateson, William, --- Bateson, W. --- Medicine --- Evolutionary biology. --- Embryology --- Mendel's law --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Breeding --- Chromosomes --- Heredity --- Mutation (Biology) --- Variation (Biology) --- Microbiologists --- Biology-Philosophy. --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Heredity, Human --- Physical anthropology --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Health Workforce --- Medicine—History. --- Biology—Philosophy.

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How is genetic variability shaped by natural selection, demographic factors, and random genetic drift? To approach this question, we introduce and analyze a number of probability models beginning with the basics, and ending at the frontiers of current research. Throughout the book, the theory is developed in close connection with examples from the biology literature that illustrate the use of these results. Along the way, there are many numerical examples and graphs to illustrate the conclusions. This is the second edition and is twice the size of the first one. The material on recombination and the stepping stone model have been greatly expanded, there are many results form the last five years, and two new chapters on diffusion processes develop that viewpoint. This book is written for mathematicians and for biologists alike. No previous knowledge of concepts from biology is assumed, and only a basic knowledge of probability, including some familiarity with Markov chains and Poisson processes. The book has been restructured into a large number of subsections and written in a theorem-proof style, to more clearly highlight the main results and allow readers to find the results they need and to skip the proofs if they desire. Rick Durrett received his Ph.D. in operations research from Stanford University in 1976. He taught in the UCLA mathematics department before coming to Cornell in 1985. He is the author of eight books and 160 research papers, most of which concern the use of probability models in genetics and ecology. He is the academic father of 39 Ph.D. students and was recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Mathematics. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Genetics and Population Dynamics. --- Mathematical Biology in General. --- Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences. --- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Genetics --- Biology --- Distribution (Probability theory). --- Statistics. --- Mathématiques --- Evolution (Biologie) --- Distribution (Théorie des probabilités) --- Statistique --- Evolutionary genetics --Statistical methods. --- Nucleotide sequence --Statistical methods. --- Probabilities. --- Variation (Biology) --Statistical methods. --- Evolutionary genetics --- Nucleotide sequence --- Probabilities --- Variation (Biology) --- Probability --- Evolution, Molecular --- Base Sequence --- Models, Genetic --- Molecular Structure --- Mathematical Concepts --- Models, Biological --- Biological Evolution --- Molecular Sequence Data --- Statistics as Topic --- Genetic Structures --- Documentation --- Biological Processes --- Genetic Processes --- Models, Theoretical --- Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms --- Epidemiologic Methods --- Phenomena and Processes --- Biochemical Phenomena --- Genetic Phenomena --- Biological Phenomena --- Chemical Phenomena --- Quality of Health Care --- Investigative Techniques --- Information Services --- Public Health --- Environment and Public Health --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Information Science --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Health Care --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Statistical methods --- Statistical methods. --- Biological variation --- Statistical inference --- Analysis, Nucleic acid sequence --- Analysis, Nucleotide sequence --- Base sequence (Nucleic acids) --- DNA sequence --- Nucleic acid sequence analysis --- Nucleotide sequence analysis --- RNA sequence --- Sequence, Nucleotide --- Genetic evolution --- Biochemistry. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Biomathematics. --- Biochemistry, general. --- Mathematical and Computational Biology. --- Combinations --- Mathematics --- Chance --- Least squares --- Mathematical statistics --- Risk --- Heredity --- Mutation (Biology) --- Nucleic acids --- Nucleotides --- Sequence alignment (Bioinformatics) --- Evolution (Biology) --- Analysis --- Distribution (Probability theory. --- Embryology --- Mendel's law --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Breeding --- Chromosomes --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical science --- Econometrics --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Distribution functions --- Frequency distribution --- Characteristic functions --- Composition --- Statistics .