TY - BOOK AU - Neel, James V. TI - Physician to the gene pool: genetic lessons and other stories SN - 0471308447 U1 - 575.1 PY - 1994/// CY - New York PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Neel, James V. KW - Geneticists -- United States -- Biography. KW - Medical genetics -- United States -- Biography N1 - 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 ER -