About the Authors
Lead Editors: Ilona Miko, Ph.D. and Lorrie LeJeune
Writers: Heidi Chial, Ph.D., Carrie Drovdlic, Maggie Koopman, Ph.D., Sarah Catherine Nelson, Ph. D., Angela Spivey,
Robin Smith, Ph. D., WilliamsTown Communications.
Animations and Illustrations: Arkitek
Citation
Please cite this book as:
Miko, I. & LeJeune, L., eds. Essentials of Genetics. Cambridge, MA: NPG Education, 2009
Eberhard Passarge, MD
Professor of Human Genetics
Former Director
Institute of Human Genetics
University Hospital Essen
Essen, Germany
Third edition, revised and updated
With 202 color plates prepared
by Jürgen Wirth
Thieme
Passarge, Genetics, 3rd edition © 2007 Thieme
Produced by the Office of Communications and Public Liaison National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NIH Publication No.10 662 Revised April 2010
Copyright © 2011 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gunder, Laura M.
Essentials of medical genetics for health professionals / Laura M. Gunder,
Scott A. Martin.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-5960-5 (pbk.)
ISBN-10: 0-7637-5960-0 (pbk.)
1. Medical genetics. I. Martin, Scott A. II. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Genetics, Medical. 2. Genetic Diseases, Inborn—diagnosis. 3.
Genetic Diseases, Inborn—therapy. QZ 50 G975e 2011]
RB155.G895 2011
616’.042—dc22