Diseases determined by major genes
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Social Biology
- Vol. 26 (2) , 94-103
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.1979.9988368
Abstract
Tharae rise of genetic epidemiology, its development from inspection of data to analysis of major loci, applications to recurrence risks, and the countercurrent of ideological opposition are described.Keywords
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