This volume provides an authoritative, up-to-date account of the impact of molecular genetics on our understanding of genetic diseases prevalent among Jews. The extent of genetic variability among different Jewish communities is discussed in detail. After an introductory chapter on major demographic trends of world Jewry, the first part examines ethnohistorical relationships between different Jewish groups in light of nuclear and mictochondrial DNA polymorphisms. The next and largest section of the book reviews the most recent research on some 20 Mendelian disorders (among Ashkenz, Sephardi and Oriental Jews) and the implications of the astonishing molecular heterogeneity revealed in some of them. Advances in genetic aspects of common multifactorial diseases are covered in concluding chapters.
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"Each chapter was well written, clear, and comprehensible for anyone with a background in college genetics and molecular genetics. All subjects in the book were thoroughly discussed. I would recommend this as an excellent resource book on the genetics of the Jewish people." --Applied Cytogenetics
"A valuable addendum to the shelves of the comprehensive medical genetics library. It is beautifully produced, lovingly edited, and, for its type, modestly priced. Specialist and non-specialist could spend many happy hours browsing through the wealth of fascinating detail." --Genetical Research
"A valuable addendum to the shelves of the comprehensive medical genetics library. It is beautifully produced, lovingly edited, and, for its type, modestly priced. Specialist and non-specialist could spend many happy hours browsing through the wealth of fascinating detail." --Genetical Research
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Batsheva Bonne-Tamir is at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University. Avinoam Adam is at The Open University of Israel.
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Demographic changes are among the major factors in the overall transformation of world Jewry during the last one hundred years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
benign familial neutropenia, torsion dvstonia, human hemopoietic cells, human phenylalanine hydroxylase gene, glucocerebrosidase gene, aspartoacylase deficiency, spongy degeneration, high gene frequency, familial dysautonomia, torsion dystonia, empiric risks, lysosomal diseases, germline gene therapy, biosynthetic defects, acid sphingomyelinase, musculorum deformans, multipoint analysis, specific haplotypes, lysosomal storage disorders, plasma thromboplastin antecedent, recessive model, obligate heterozygotes, carrier testing, carrier detection, heterozygote frequency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ashkenazi Jews, Hum Genet, New York, Yemenite Jews, Ashkenazi Jewish, Ethiopian Jews, Proc Natl Acad Sci, United States, French Canadians, North Africa, South African, Moroccan Jews, Biol Chem, Eastern Europe, North America, Med Genet, Med Sci, Kurdish Jews, Hunt Genet, Raven Press, Israeli Jews, World War, Israeli Arabs, Los Angeles, Oriental Jewish New!
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benign familial neutropenia, torsion dvstonia, human hemopoietic cells, human phenylalanine hydroxylase gene, glucocerebrosidase gene, aspartoacylase deficiency, spongy degeneration, high gene frequency, familial dysautonomia, torsion dystonia, empiric risks, lysosomal diseases, germline gene therapy, biosynthetic defects, acid sphingomyelinase, musculorum deformans, multipoint analysis, specific haplotypes, lysosomal storage disorders, plasma thromboplastin antecedent, recessive model, obligate heterozygotes, carrier testing, carrier detection, heterozygote frequency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ashkenazi Jews, Hum Genet, New York, Yemenite Jews, Ashkenazi Jewish, Ethiopian Jews, Proc Natl Acad Sci, United States, French Canadians, North Africa, South African, Moroccan Jews, Biol Chem, Eastern Europe, North America, Med Genet, Med Sci, Kurdish Jews, Hunt Genet, Raven Press, Israeli Jews, World War, Israeli Arabs, Los Angeles, Oriental Jewish New!
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- The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, 4 volume set by Charles R. Scriver on 4 pages
- Genetic Disorders among the Jewish People by Professor Richard Merle Goodman on 4 pages
- Mendelian Inheritance in Man: Catalogs of Autosomal Dominant, Autosomal Recessive, and X-Linked Phenotypes by Dr. Victor A. McKusick MD in Front Matter, and page 101
- Tay-Sachs Disease, Volume 44 (Advances in Genetics) by Robert J. Desnick on page 101, and page 102
- Metabolic Basis of Inherited Disease by John B. Stanbury on page 115, and page 167
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- The Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith by Robert Pollack in Back Matter
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