Download or read book Genetics of Complex Disease written by Peter Donaldson and published by Garland Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Genetics of Complex Disease is a concise text for final year undergraduate and first year graduate students. Healthcare professionals and other biomedical scientists trying to come to grips with the impact of new genetics research will also find the book useful. After explaining genetic variation and defining complex diseases, the next three chapters explain how and why complex diseases are investigated (including a chapter on statistics).The text then concentrates on selected areas where there is strong evidence for the genes/alleles involved: the MHC, infectious diseases, pharmacogenetics, cancer, and diabetes. The important ethical, social, and personal consequences raised by increasing knowledge of the genetics of complex diseases are covered in a way that offers the reader the chance to think and reflect. The final chapter discusses the technology involved.