Abstract
This chapter will provide a basic introduction to the human genome and some of the tools used to analyse it. Genomics and molecular biology have developed rapidly during the last few decades, and this chapter will highlight some of these advances, in particular with respect to the impact of our knowledge of the structure and function of the genome. The basic science described in this chapter is fundemetal to the understanding of the field of clinical genetics, which is descibed in the following chapter.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Basic Science in Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| Subtitle of host publication | a textbook for MRCOG Part I |
| Editors | Catherine Williamson, Phillip Bennett |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh ; New York |
| Publisher | Elsevier Churchill Livingstone |
| Pages | 1-11 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Volume | N/A |
| Edition | 4th |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780443102813 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |