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Genetics and Inherited Conditions, 2nd Edition

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Preface




Contributors




Complete List of Contents




Aarskog syndrome




Abetalipoproteinemia




ABO blood group system




Achondroplasia




Adrenoleukodystrophy




Adrenomyelopathy




Agammaglobulinemia and genetics




Aggression




Aging and genetics




Agricultural applications of genetic engineering




Alagille syndrome




Albinism and genetics




Alcohol Use Disorder




Alexander disease




Alkaptonuria




Allergies and genetics




Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency




Alport syndrome




Altruism (population genetics)




Alzheimer’s disease




Amniocentesis




Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis




Ancient DNA




Andersen’s disease




Androgen insensitivity syndrome




Animal cloning




Aniridia




Ankylosing spondylitis




Anthrax




Antibodies and genetics




Antisense RNA




APC gene testing




Apert syndrome




Arabidopsis thaliana




Archaea




Arnold-Chiari syndrome




Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita




Artificial selection




Asthma and genetics




Ataxia telangiectasia




Atherosclerosis




Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)




Autism Spectrum Disorder




Autoimmune disorders




Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome




Bacterial genetics and cell structure




Bacterial resistance and super bacteria




Bardet-Biedl syndrome




Barlow’s syndrome




Bartter syndrome




Batten disease and genetics




Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome




Behavior and genetics




Best disease




Biochemical mutations




Bioethics of genetics




Biofertilizers and genetics




Bioinformatics




Biological clocks




Biological determinism




Biological weapons




Biopesticides




Biopharmaceuticals




Bipolar disorder and genetics




Bloom syndrome




Blotting Southern, Northern, and Western




Brachydactyly




BRAF gene




BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes




Breast cancer




Burkitt’s lymphoma




Caenorhabditis elegans




Canavan disease




Cancer and genetics




Cardiomyopathy




Carnitine Palmitolytransferase II Deficiency




Carpenter syndrome




cDNA libraries




Celiac disease




Cell culture of animal cells




Cell culture of plant cells




Cell cycle




Cell division




Central dogma of molecular biology




Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis




Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome




Chediak-Higashi syndrome




Chemical mutagens




Chlamydomonas reinhardtii




Chloroplast genes




Cholera and genetics




Chorionic villus sampling




Choroideremia




Chromatin packaging




Chromosome mutation




Chromosome structure




Chromosome theory of heredity




Chromosome walking and jumping




Chronic granulomatous disease




Chronic myeloid leukemia




Classical transmission genetics




Cleft lip and palate




Cloning




Cloning vectors




Cloning Ethical Issues




Cockayne syndrome




Colon cancer




Color blindness




Complementation testing




Complete dominance




Congenital adrenal hyperplasia and genetics




Congenital contractural arachnodactyly




Congenital defects




Congenital hypothyroidism




Congenital muscular dystrophy




Congenital Tracheomalacia




Consanguinity and genetic disease




Corneal dystrophies




Cornelia de Lange syndrome and genetics




Costello Syndrome




Cowden syndrome




Cracking of the genetic code




Cri du chat syndrome




Criminality and genetics




Crohn’s disease and genetics




Crouzon syndrome




Cystic fibrosis and genetics




Cytokinesis




Dandy-Walker syndrome




Danio rerio




Deafness and genetics




Depression and genetics




Developmental genetics




Diabetes




Diabetes insipidus




Diastrophic dysplasia




DiGeorge syndrome and genetics




Dihybrid inheritance




DNA fingerprinting




DNA isolation




DNA repair




DNA replication




DNA sequencing technology




DNA structure and function




Down syndrome




DPC4 gene testing




Drosophila melanogaster




Duchenne muscular dystrophy




Dwarfism and genetics




Dyskeratosis Congenita




Dyslexia and genetics




Edwards syndrome




Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome




Ellis-van Creveld syndrome




Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases




Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis




Epilepsy and genetics




Epistasis




Escherichia coli and genetics




Essential tremor




Ethoeconomic issues of gene therapy




Ethoeconomic issues of genetic testing




Eugenics




Eugenics Nazi Germany




Evolutionary biology




Extrachromosomal inheritance




Fabry disease




Familial adenomatous polyposis




Familial Dysautonomia




Familial Hyperinsulinism




Familial Mediterranean fever




Fanconi anemia




Fanconi Anemia




Farber disease




Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva




Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)




Forbes disease




Forensic genetics




Fragile X syndrome and genetics




Friedreich ataxia




Galactokinase deficiency




Galactosemia




Gaucher disease




Gel electrophoresis




Gender identity




Gene families




Gene regulation in bacteria




Gene regulation in eukaryotes




Gene regulation in viruses




Gene regulation: Lac operon




Gene therapy




Gene therapy




Genetic code




Genetic code, cracking of




Genetic counseling




Genetic engineering




Genetic engineering risks




Genetic load




Genetic screening




Genetic testing




Genetically modified foods




Genetics in television and films




Genetics of high-yield crops




Genome size




Genomic libraries




Genomic medicine




Genomics




Gigantism




Gilbert’s syndrome




Glaucoma




Glucose galactose malabsorption




Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency




Glycogen storage diseases




Gm1-gangliosidosis




Graves’ disease




Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina




Hardy-Weinberg law




Harvey ras oncogene




Heart disease and genetics




Hemochromatosis




Hemophilia




Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer




Hereditary diseases




Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer




Hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome




Hereditary non-VHL clear cell renal cell carcinomas




Hereditary papillary renal cancer and genetics




Hereditary Spherocytosis




Hereditary xanthinuria




Heredity and environment




Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome




Hermaphrodites




Hers disease




High-yield crops




Hirschsprung’s disease




Historical development of genetic engineering




Historical development of genetics




Holt-Oram syndrome




Homeotic genes




Homocystinuria




Homosexuality and genetics




HRAS gene testing




Human genetics




Human genetics and insurance




Human Genome Project




Human growth hormone




Hunter Syndrome




Huntington’s disease




Hurler syndrome




Hybridization and introgression




Hybridomas and monoclonal antibodies




Hypercholesterolemia




Hyperphosphatemia




Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis




Hypophosphatemic rickets




Icelandic Genetic Database




Ichthyosis




Immunodeficiency with hyper-IgM




Immunogenetics




In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer




Inborn errors of metabolism




Inbreeding and assortative mating




Incomplete dominance




Industrial applications of genetic engineering




Infantile genetic agranulocytosis




Infertility and genetics




Influenza and genetics




Insurance




Intelligence and genetics




Intersex conditions




Ivemark syndrome




Jackson-Weiss syndrome




Jansky-Bielschowsky disease




Joubert syndrome




Kearns-Sayre syndrome




Kennedy disease




Klinefelter syndrome




Knockout genetics and knockout mice




Krabbé disease




Lactose intolerance and genetics




Lamarckianism




Landau-Kleffner syndrome




Lateral gene transfer




Leigh syndrome




Lesch-Nyhan syndrome




Leukodystrophy and genetics




Li-Fraumeni syndrome and genetics




Limb girdle muscular dystrophy




Linkage maps




Lipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency




Long QT syndrome




Lynch syndrome




Macular degeneration




Maple syrup urine disease




Marfan syndrome




Marfan syndrome and genetics




Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome




McArdle’s disease




Meacham syndrome




Medical applications of genetic engineering




Melanoma




Mendelian genetics




Menkes syndrome




Metachromatic leukodystrophy




Metafemales




Microarray analysis




Miscegenation and antimiscegenation laws




Mitochondrial diseases




Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome




Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS)




Mitochondrial genes




Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy (MNGIE)




Mitosis and meiosis




MLH1 gene




Model organisms




Molecular clock hypothesis




Molecular genetics




Monohybrid inheritance




Moymoya disease




MSH genes




Mucolipidosis Type IV




Muenke Syndrome




Multiple alleles




Multiple endocrine neoplasias




Mus musculus and genetics




Mutagenesis and cancer




Mutation and mutagenesis




Myelodysplastic syndromes




Myeloperoxidase deficiency




Myoclonic epilepsy associated with ragged red fibers (MERRF)




Myotonic dystrophy




Narcolepsy




Natural selection




Nazi eugenics




Nemaline myopathy




Neural tube defects




Neurofibromatosis




Neurospora crassa




Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome




Niemann-Pick disease




Noncoding RNA molecules




Nondisjunction and aneuploidy




Noonan syndrome




Norrie disease




Obesity and genetics




Oncogenes




One gene-one enzyme hypothesis




Opitz-Frias syndrome




Organ transplants and HLA genes




Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency




Orotic aciduria




Osteogenesis imperfecta and genetics




Ovarian cancer




Palmoplantar keratoderma




Pancreatic cancer and genetics




Parkinson disease and genetics




Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria




Parthenogenesis




Patau syndrome




Patents on life-forms




Paternity tests




Pattern baldness




Pearson syndrome




Pedigree analysis




Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease




Pendred syndrome




Penetrance




Periodic paralysis syndrome




Pfeiffer Syndrome




Phenylketonuria (PKU)




Pierre Robin Syndrome




Plasmids




PMS genes




Polycystic kidney disease




Polydactyly




Polygenic inheritance




Polymerase chain reaction




Polyploidy




Pompe disease




Population genetics




Porphyria




Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes




Prenatal diagnosis




Prion diseases: Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome




Progressive external ophthalmoplegia




Prostate cancer and genetics




Protein structure




Protein synthesis




Proteomics and genetics




Pseudogenes




Pseudohermaphrodites




Pseudohypoparathyroidism




Punctuated equilibrium




Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency




Pyloric stenosis




Quantitative inheritance




Race




RB1 gene




Refsum disease




Reiter’s syndrome and genetics




Repetitive DNA




Restriction enzymes




Retinitis pigmentosa




Retinoblastoma and genetics




Rett syndrome




Reverse transcriptase




Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)




RFLP analysis




Rh incompatibility and isoimmunization




RhoGDI2 gene




RNA interference (RNAi)




RNA isolation




RNA structure and function




RNA transcription and mRNA processing




RNA world




Robert syndrome




Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome and genetics




Saccharomyces cerevisiae




Sandhoff disease




Sanfilippo syndrome




Schizophrenia Spectrum And Other Psychotic Disorders




SCLC1 gene




Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome




Shotgun cloning




Sickle-cell disease




Signal transduction




Small-cell lung cancer




Smallpox and genetics




Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome




Sociobiology




Speciation




Spinal muscular atrophy




Spinocerebellar ataxia




SRY gene




Stargardt’s disease




Sterilization laws




Steroid hormones




Sulfite oxidase deficiency




Synthetic antibodies




Synthetic genes




Tangier disease




Tarui’s disease




Tay-Sachs disease




T-cell immunodeficiency syndrome




Telomeres




Thalassemia




Thalidomide and other teratogens




Totipotency




Tourette syndrome




Transgenic organisms




Transposable elements




Triple X




Tuberous sclerosis




Tumor-suppressor genes




Turner syndrome and genetics




Twin studies




Tyrosinemia type I




Usher syndrome




Vanishing white matter disease




Viral genetics




Viroids and virusoids




Von Gierke disease




Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome




Von Willebrand disease and genetics




Waardenburg syndrome




Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM)




Walker-Warburg Syndrome




Weill-Marchesani syndrome




Werner syndrome




WHIM Syndrome




Williams syndrome




Wilms’ tumor




Wilms’ tumor aniridia-genitourinary anomalies-mental retardation (WAGR) syndrome and genetics




Wilson disease and genetics




Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and genetics




Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome




Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome




Wolman disease




X chromosome inactivation




Xenopu laevis




Xenotransplants




Xeroderma pigmentosum and genetics




X-linked periventricular heterotopia




XYY syndrome




Zellweger syndrome




Biographical Dictionary of Important Geneticists




Nobel Prizes For Discoveries in Genetics




Time Line of Major Developments in Genetics




Glossary




Bibliography




Web Sites




Category Index