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Some trends in medical populations genetics

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Five topics concerning medical population genetics have been selected for discussion: in the field of population cytogenetics, the frequency of chromosomal aberrations and the roles of mutation and selection in the maintenance of balanced rearrangements are studied; the long term genetic effects of treatment and prevention of genetic diseases are reviewed; the relationships between malaria and the sickle-cell trait are discussed; some recent works concerning human DNA polymorphisms in the field of population, genetics are presented, and finally, some methods of genetic epidemiology are described.

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  1. Unité de Recherches de Génétique Epidémiologique, INSERM U. 155, Château de Longchamp, Bois de Boulogne, F-75016, Paris, (France)

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Feingold, J., Serre, J.L. & Carnevale, P. Some trends in medical populations genetics. Experientia 42, 1102–1109 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01941284

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