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Physician to the gene pool : genetic lessons and other stories / James V. Neel.

By: Neel, James VMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1994Description: ix, 457 p. ; ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0471308447; 9780471308447Subject(s): Neel, James V. (James Van Gundia), 1915-2000 | Geneticists -- United States -- Biography | Medical genetics -- United States -- BiographyDDC classification: 575.1

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Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due
Archives Centre	575.1 NEE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Withdrawn Item	withdrawn
UMI Main Library	575.1 NEE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

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

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