The influence of heredity on disease / by L.S. Penrose.

  • Lionel Penrose
Date:
1934
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Credit: The influence of heredity on disease / by L.S. Penrose. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS SECTION 1 PAGES Introduction—History—Mendelian Characters—Mutations— The Influence of Environment—Non-Mendelian Genetics 1-18 SECTION II Modern Methods of Study in Human Genetics—Numerical Analysis of Sibships—Uses of the Concept of Gene Frequency—-Tests for the Existence of Heredity as a Significant Factor—Tests for Environment as a Signifi cant Factor ...... 19 .42 SECTION III Origin of the Data used in Subsequent Examples—Gene Frequency and the Blood Groups—Factorial Analysis of the Children of Consanguineous Parents—-Correlation Technique applied to the Study of Epilepsy—Example of a Test for Heredity as a Significant Factor in Mongol ism—A Test for Environmental Factors—The Genetic Analysis of Epiloia ..... 43-68 SECTION IV The Future of Human Genetics—Medicine and Eugenics— Conclusion ------ 69-78 I ndex ........ 79 _ 80
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