Human Reproductive and Prenatal Genetics

928 Seiten, Hardcover

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Clinical Genetics**Human Reproductive and Prenatal Genetics, Second Edition provides application-driven coverage of key topics in human reproductive and prenatal genetics, including genetic control underlying the development of the reproductive tracts and gametogenesis, the genetics of fertilization and implantation, the genetic basis of female and male infertility, as well as genetic and epigenetic aspects of assisted reproduction. Also examined are the genetics and epigenetics of the placenta in normal and abnormal pregnancy, preimplantation genetic diagnosis and screening, and cutting-edge advances in noninvasive prenatal screening, prenatal genetic counseling, and bioethical and medicolegal aspects of relevance in the lab and clinic. This new edition has been fully revised to address new and evolving technologies in human reproductive genetics, with new chapters added on chromatin landscapes and sex determination, genetic alterations of placental development and preeclampsia, metabolism and inflammation in PCOS, pre-implantational genetic testing, maternal genetic disorders, bioethics, and future applications.

• ISBN: 9780323913805
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.03.2023
• Größe: 236 x 193 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Science
• Herausgegeben von: Jie Qiao, Peter C K Leung