Moments of truth in genetic medicine

Lindee, M. Susan.

Moments of truth in genetic medicine / Susan Lindee. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2005. - xii, 270 p. : ill. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-259) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Babies' blood: phenylketonuria and the rise of public health genetics -- Provenance and the pedigree: Victor McKusick's field work with the Pennsylvania Amish -- Squashed spiders: standardizing the human chromosomes and other unruly things -- Two peas in a pod: twin science and the rise of human behavior genetics -- Jewish genes: history, emotion, and familial dysautonomia.

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Medical genetics--History.--United States
Genetics, Medical--history.
History, 20th Century.


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