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Statistics in Human Genetics

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This is an excellent book covering all major areas of genetic epidemiology. Ideal for postrgraduate studies it is well structured and highly detailed. The only criticism would be is that the sections on association studies and segregation analysis are not overly strong, but then this reflects the states of those fields in comparison to linkage analysis

This is a good book on the state-of-art Human Genetics Statistics. However, first, the organization of the topics is not that systematical and is a bit chaotic, especially section on association analysis. The author just simply puts everything together without a clear connection among each part. Sometimes (actually most), the language is confusing. Large paragraphs were used try to clarify an issue, but appear to be the opposite to what one wishes. On the other hand, unfortunately, there are a lot a lot of TYPOs in the book!

My comment is: Don't deserve the price (actually it's going up!!!) and don't deserve a 'Bible' in the field!

This book is a fantastic introduction to and reference to stats in genetics (I bought it for a genetic epidemiology course). Sham works through the concepts with enough detail that you aren't wondering what is going on, but so that you aren't bored either. The explanations are clear, the writing is excellent and the organization of the book can't be beat. Highly recommended.