The distribution of genetic variability in natural populations is the result of a number of evolutionary factors. We present concepts on the genetics of large populations, with special reference to association studies. Particular issues related to selection, mutation and genetic load, or migration in spatial models are not treated here. Genetic drift is assumed to be negligible, unless otherwis...

Community genetics is a synthesis of community ecology and evolutionary biology. It examines how genetic variation within a species affects interactions among species to change ecological community structure and diversity. The use of community genetics approaches has greatly expanded in recent years and the evidence for ecological effects of genetic diversity is growing. The goal of current com...

Genetics research has shown enormous developments in recent decades, although as yet with only limited clinical application. Bioethical analysis has been unable to deal with the vast problems of genetics because emphasis has been put on the principlism applied to both clinical and research bioethics. Genetics nevertheless poses its most complex moral dilemmas at the public level, where a social...

21 years have passed since the signing of order on establishment Department Molecular Genetic Technologies Scientific Research Center (order № 118 was signed by Academic N. A. Yaitsky June 5, 2001) and 20 beginning Department's activities. The leading scientist in field molecular medicine, Professor Evgeny Iosifovich Schwartz, not only headed Department, but also brought there his team — Labora...