Non-Mendelian Genetics in Humans

by Harry Ostrer

When rediscovered at the turn of the century, Mendel's laws were found to be applicable to humans, but from the beginning they were fraught with problems. Sex-linked traits and linked genes defied Mendel's rules. Later, other exceptions were found, including sporadic cases, non-penetrance, variable expressivity, and preferential parental transmission.
In this book, Harry Ostrer observes that some of these problems can be explained by incomplete...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195068777
• ISBN13: 9780195068771
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.5"