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Hereditary Diseases

Known as: Disorder, Genetic, Hereditary Disease, heritable disorder 
Genetic diseases are diseases in which inherited genes predispose to increased risk. The genetic disorders associated with cancer often result from… 
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Discovering genotypes underlying human phenotypes: past successes for mendelian disease, future approaches for complex disease
The past two decades have witnessed an explosion in the identification, largely by positional cloning, of genes associated with… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Variation in the reversibility of evolution
How reversible is adaptive evolution? Studies of microbes give mixed answers to this question. Reverse evolution has been little… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein: GFAP-Thirty-One Years (1969–2000)
It is now well established that the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is the principal 8–9 nm intermediate filament in… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Faster sequential genetic linkage computations.
Linkage analysis using maximum-likelihood estimation is a powerful tool for locating genes. As available data sets have grown… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Cloning the differences between two complex genomes
The analysis of the differences between two complex genomes holds promise for the discovery of infectious agents and probes… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Alteration in a new gene encoding a putative membrane-organizing protein causes neuro-fibromatosis type 2
Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a monogenic dominantly inherited disease predisposing carriers to develop nervous system… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) markers for human gene mapping.
A large collection of good genetic markers is needed to map the genes that cause human genetic diseases. Although nearly 400… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Amyloid beta protein gene: cDNA, mRNA distribution, and genetic linkage near the Alzheimer locus.
The amyloid beta protein has been identified as an important component of both cerebrovascular amyloid and amyloid plaques of… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Principles and methods of toxicology
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Dramatic growth of mice that develop from eggs microinjected with metallothionein–growth hormone fusion genes
A DNA fragment containing the promoter of the mouse metallothionein-I gene fused to the structural gene of rat growth hormone was… 
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