Community genetics is a new discipline which aims to provide genetic services to the community as a whole. As a science, community genetics encompasses all research needed to develop and evaluate its application. There is no question that the development of community genetics is necessary in Brazil. The implementation of such programs in our country, especially for hemoglobinopathies, has been ...

OBJECTIVE To relate diverse aspects of genetics and its applications to concepts in the Glorious Qur'an and the ḥadīth. STUDY DESIGN The author compared passages from the Glorious Qur'an and ḥadīth with modern concepts in genetics, such as recessive inheritance, genetic counseling, genetic variation, cytoplasmic inheritance, sex chromosomes, genetics-environment interactions, gender determina...

The National Health Service is the principal provider of free healthcare services, through general practitioners offering primary care to a network of District and Regional or University Teaching hospitals. Medical Genetics has a long history in the UK, although it was not recognised formally until the 1970s. Regional Genetics Centres, providing an integrated clinical and laboratory service, ha...

Results: We analysed 406 eligible items about the genetics of psychiatric disorders. News coverage of psychiatric genetics has steadily increased since 1996. Items attributing the aetiology of psychiatric disorders to gene– environment interactions (51%) outnumbered items attributing only genetic (30%) or only environmental factors (20%). Of items that referred to heritability of mental illness...

This issue of Current Opinion in Genetics and Development is devoted to Systems Biology approaches in the analysis of genetic variation. Studies of DNA variation within human and other populations are propelled by the strong interest in genetics of complex and Mendelian traits, population genetics and microevolution. Dramatic improvements in sequencing technology have led to accelerated accumul...

Genetic variants on non-recombining DNA and the hierarchical order in which they accumulate are commonly of interest. This variant hierarchy can be established combined with information population geographic origin individuals carrying to find structures infer migration patterns. Further, assigned characterized populations, is relevant forensic genetics, genetic genealogy, epidemiologic studies...

With the emerging field of community genetics, it is important to quantify the key mechanisms that link genetics and community structure. We studied cottonwoods in common gardens and in natural stands and examined the potential for plant chemistry to be a primary mechanism linking plant genetics and arthropod communities. If plant chemistry drives the relationship between plant genetics and art...

Development of human genetics theoretical models and the integration of those models with experiment and statistical evaluation are critical for scientific progress. This perspective argues that increased effort in disease genetics theory, complementing experimental, and statistical efforts, will escalate the unraveling of molecular etiologies of complex diseases. In particular, the development...

Genomics research is rapidly increasing our understanding of the genetic basis of normal and abnormal growth, development, and disease. Genetic information and technologies are also being applied to develop new diagnostic and treatment strategies. Many diseases with dental, oral, and craniofacial manifestations have a genetic basis. Effective clinical application of genomics to oral medicine wi...