Genetics of Common Diseases (eBook, ePUB)

Future Therapeutic and Diagnostic Possibilities
Redaktion: Day, Ian; Humphries, Steve

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Many common diseases are partly attributable to the genes which an individual inherits. Early steps have now been made in developing ways to determine which genetic variations are important, with some recent successes. This is a collection of papers from the Fifth Annual Molecular Pathology Symposium on the 10 December 1996. They represent the contributions to that meeting made by a set of distinguished scientists and clinicians whose work pertains to the furtherment of our understanding of the genetic components of common diseases and potential future approaches.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000144581
• Artikelnr.: 60654811

Autorenporträt

Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, The Rayne Institute, London, UK (address from October 1997: Wessex Human Genetics Institute, Southampton University Hospital, Southampton, UK). Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, The Rayne Institute, London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Abbreviations
Preface
1 Perspectives in human linkage studies. /S. Povey
Pairwise linkage analysis of Mendelian traits
Finding the cause of a disease which shows clear Mendelian inheritance
After a LOO score of +3, what next?
Narrowing the search by searching for critical recombinants
Linkage disequilibrium
Linkage analysis in more complex situations
Linkage in complex traits
Why are we doing this?
References
2 Twin research: nature versus nurture in common diseases. /K.O. Kyvik
Introduction
History
Biology of twinning
Demography
Twin studies
Assumptions
T he concept of concordance rates
Heritability
Twin studies and common diseases
Other types of twin studies
Conclusion
References
3 The molecular basis of genetic variation: mutation detection methodologies and limitations. /E. Spanakis and I.N.M. Day
Introduction
Current theories of mutation
Parallel development of theory with methodology
Methods of mutation detection
Limitations of current methods for mutation detection
Our approaches
Conclusions
References
4 Finding susceptibility genes for schizophrenia. /M.J. Owen and M.C. O'Donovan
Introduction
Molecular genetic approaches to schizophrenia
Candidate gene association studies
Conclusions
References
5 Approaches to determining the genetic basis of noninsulin
dependent diabetes mellitus. /M. McCarthy
Non
insulin
dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)
Overview of approaches to dissect NIDDM
Choosing a candidate gene
Exploring candidate genes
Assessing genotype
phenotype correlations
Understanding the biology of complex traits
References
6 Population
scale genotype assays: APOE gene in Alzheimer's dementia and coronary risk. /I.N.M. Day, D. Palamand and E. Spanakis
Introduction: availability of population
scale gene testing
Background
Some future possibilities
References
7 Genetic tests for corona