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Basic genetics.

This article reviews some of the basic principles of genetics to provide a foundation for understanding the application of genetics to medical practice. Definitions of terms that appear here in italics can be found in the on-line, illustrated glossary at www.genetests.org.

Basic Principles of Genetics

Basic Principles of Human Genetics: A Primer for Oral Medicine

Humans have known for several 1000 years that heredity affects health. However, it was only 150 years ago when Gregor Mendel first described the mechanism by which genotype results in phenotype. It was less than 100 years ago when Garrod began to apply genetic knowledge to human diseases and disorders. Ironically, for most of the 20th century, clinicians viewed genetics as a somewhat esoteric a...

Basic Aquaculture Genetics

livestock has been the foundation for selective breeding for thousands of years. However, our understanding of genetics, which is the biological basis of heredity and variation among organisms, has deepened dramatically in the last several decades. This new knowledge expands the potential applications of genetics and genome technologies in agricultural practices. In aquaculture settings, curren...

Basic molecular genetics for epidemiologists.

Ageneral increase in the number of epidemiological research articles that apply basic science methods in their studies, resulting in what is known as both molecular and genetic epidemiology, is evident. Actually, genetics has come into the epidemiological scene with plenty of new sophisticated concepts and methodological issues. This fact led the editors of the journal to offer you a glossary o...