Genetic variation and human disease: Principles and evolutionary approaches

Book · Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:401808

Weiss, K M

The context of the book here reviewed is the evolution of human phenotypes, with an emphasis on those complex characteristics that produce the prevailing disorders of an adult population. This is achieved with a background of evolution and population genetics, with human diseases placed in the context of mutation rates, selection, genetic drift and evolutionary history.

• OSTI ID: 401808
• Resource Relation: Other Information: DN: From review by David J. Harris, The Childrens Mercy Hospital, in American Journal of Medical Genetics, Vol. 61, No. 4 (Feb 1996); PBD: 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BASIC STUDIES
GENES
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
GENE MUTATIONS
HEREDITARY DISEASES
GENETICS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
PHENOTYPE