Medical Genetics (Second Edition) (Second Edition)

Author: Lu Zhenyu
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book is the third revised edition of the Medical Genetics textbook for the Medical Genetics Teaching and Research Section. In terms of content, it has been comprehensively updated from the original chapters, with this revision focusing on two aspects: incorporating recent discoveries and new concepts in the field of medical genetics, such as trinucleotide repeat polymorphisms, genetic anticipation, parental imprinting, gene therapy, human genome research, and more. A new chapter titled "Future Molecular Genetics in Medicine" is included to explore the prospects of human genome research, genetic diagnosis, and gene therapy. This book, as a university-level medical genetics textbook, has two distinctive features. The authors hope this book continues to play a role in advancing genetics education and discipline development in medical schools. They sincerely hope that the faculty and students using this book will provide valuable feedback on its content, format, and other aspects to make it more aligned with the needs of medical education development.
To meet the requirements of reforming medical genetics textbooks in the new era, this book has been compiled to adapt to the teaching tasks of the discipline under current conditions. The entire book is divided into 4 parts and 18 chapters, with a focus on populations, families, individuals, cells, and molecules as starting points. It describes and explains the inheritance of genes and chromosomes as a whole and as two systems, emphasizing their applications in the diagnosis and treatment of clinical diseases. Additionally, it highlights the theories and techniques of molecular genetics. This book is suitable for students of clinical medicine (5-year and 7-year programs), stomatology, preventive medicine, forensic medicine, and nursing (5-year program) in medical schools.