Physician to the gene pool : genetic lessons and other stories /
Neel, James V.
Physician to the gene pool : genetic lessons and other stories / James V. Neel. - New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1994 - ix, 457 p. ; ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Table of Contents
1. Beginnings
2. Medical Interlude
3. Thalassemia and Sickle-Cell Anemia
4. Organizing the Atomic Bomb Studies
5. A First Appraisal of the Bombs' Genetic Effects
6. When Cousins Marry
7. Amerindian Studies: Testing the Water
8. On to the Yanomama
9. Health and Disease in Recently Contacted Amerindians
10. Tribal Demography
11. Genetic Differences Between Villages: Stepping Stones to Evolution
12. Spontaneous Mutation
13. New Approaches to the Effects of the Atomic Bombs
14. What Is a Gene?
15. Defining the Gene Pool
16. Just Too Many People
17. Some Longer-Range Problems for the Gene Pool
18. Assessment of Genetic Risk
19. Genetic Medicine for Populations
20. Genetic Medicine for Individuals
21. Physician to the Gene Pool
Includes index
0471308447 9780471308447
Neel, James V. 1915-2000.
Geneticists -- United States -- Biography.
Medical genetics -- United States -- Biography.
575.1 / NEE
Physician to the gene pool : genetic lessons and other stories / James V. Neel. - New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1994 - ix, 457 p. ; ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Table of Contents
1. Beginnings
2. Medical Interlude
3. Thalassemia and Sickle-Cell Anemia
4. Organizing the Atomic Bomb Studies
5. A First Appraisal of the Bombs' Genetic Effects
6. When Cousins Marry
7. Amerindian Studies: Testing the Water
8. On to the Yanomama
9. Health and Disease in Recently Contacted Amerindians
10. Tribal Demography
11. Genetic Differences Between Villages: Stepping Stones to Evolution
12. Spontaneous Mutation
13. New Approaches to the Effects of the Atomic Bombs
14. What Is a Gene?
15. Defining the Gene Pool
16. Just Too Many People
17. Some Longer-Range Problems for the Gene Pool
18. Assessment of Genetic Risk
19. Genetic Medicine for Populations
20. Genetic Medicine for Individuals
21. Physician to the Gene Pool
Includes index
0471308447 9780471308447
Neel, James V. 1915-2000.
Geneticists -- United States -- Biography.
Medical genetics -- United States -- Biography.
575.1 / NEE