Introduction to risk calculation in genetic counseling
[Electronic Resource]
/ Ian D. Young
3rd ed.
Oxford ; New York
: Oxford University Press,
, 2007.
ix, 241 p. ill. 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.
Genetic counseling and the laws of probability -- Autosomal dominant inheritance -- Autosomal recessive inheritance -- X-linked recessive inheritance -- The use of linked DNA markers -- Germline mosaicism -- Polygenic and multifactorial inheritance -- Cancer genetics -- Balanced chromosome rearrangements -- Other mechanisms of inheritance.