Advances in Genetics
Description
Key Features
- Critically analyzes future directions for the study of clinical genetics
- Written and edited by recognized leaders in the field
- Presents new medical breakthroughs that are occurring as a result of advances in our knowledge of genetics
Readership
Table of Contents
- Pathogen and host genetics underpinning cryptococcal disease
- Role of RNA-interacting proteins in modulating plant-microbe interactions
- FMRP ribonucleoprotein complexes and RNA homeostasis
- "Electrifying dysmorphology": Potassium channelopathies causing dysmorphic syndromes
- Recent advances in oomycete genomics
- Antibiotic drug discovery: Challenges and perspectives in the light of emerging antibiotic resistance
- Application of yeast to studying amyloid and prion diseases
Carolina Coelho and Rhys A. Farrer
Saurabh Pandey, Namisha Sharma and Manoj Prasad
Gabriela Aparecida Marcondes Suardi and Luciana Amaral Haddad
Mark James Hamilton and Mohnish Suri
Jamie McGowan and David A. Fitzpatrick
Keshab Bhattarai, Rina Bastola and Bikash Baral
Yury O. Chernoff, Anastasia V. Grizel, Aleksandr A. Rubel, Andrew A. Zelinsky, Pavithra Chandramowlishwaran and Tatiana A. Chernova
Product details
- No. of pages: 392
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2020
- Published: June 13, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128216859
- eBook ISBN: 9780128216941
About the Serial Editor
Dhavendra Kumar
Professor Dhavendra Kumar is a Visiting Professor, Genomic Policy Unit, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, The University of South Wales and Consultant in Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital of Wales, Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom. He is one of the Consultants for the All Wales Medical Genetics Service and the lead Clinician for Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics. After qualifying in Medicine from the King George’s Medical College, University of Lucknow, India, he completed postgraduate training in Pediatrics with an MD. Since 1980 he has pursued a career in Medical Genetics in the UK. In 1990 he became a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Genetics. He is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics (FACMG) and as well as Royal Colleges of Physicians (FRCP-London and FRCP-Ireland) and Pediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH-UK).
In 2015, he was conferred with the higher degree of DSc by his Alma Mater, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow (UP, India) based on his life-time contributions and achievements to genetic and genomic applications in medicine and health.