The Jeremiah Metzger lecture of The American Clinical and Climatological Association 1975. New genetic insight into old diseases.
Year: 1976
Type: article
Abstract: With these three examples, examined in some detail, I have attempted to indicate new directions in medical genetics. Some of the recognizable generalities are the following: 1. With the application of cell culture techniques in the area called human somatic cell genetics, human genetics has become essentially an experimental science. Somaticcell studies have provided insight into genetic disorders that would not have been possible from studies in the whole organism. Even therapeutic possibilities can be explored. Somatic cell hyubridization has substituted for controlled matings in permitting linkage studies for mapping of the human chromosomes...
Source: PubMed Central
Author: V A McKusick
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1881783789