Basic concepts in human molecular genetics

Christine M. Koellner; Kara A. Mensink; W Edward Jr. Highsmith

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-802761-5.00005-5

Basic concepts in human molecular genetics

Christine M. Koellner, Kara A. Mensink, W Edward Jr. Highsmith

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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Abstract

Molecular diagnostics is the branch of laboratory medicine or clinical pathology that utilizes the techniques of molecular biology to diagnose disease, predict disease course, select treatments, and monitor the effectiveness of therapies. Molecular diagnostics is associated with virtually all clinical specialties and is a vital adjunct to several areas of clinical and laboratory medicine, but is most predominantly aligned with infectious disease, oncology, and genetics. The subject of this chapter is molecular genetics, which is concerned with the analysis of human nucleic acids as they relate to disease.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Molecular Pathology
Subtitle of host publication	The Molecular Basis of Human Disease
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	99-120
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Print)	9780128027615
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802761-5.00005-5
State	Published - Nov 2 2017

Keywords

Genetic testing
Inheritance patterns
Molecular biology
Molecular diagnostics
Molecular genetics
Molecular methods

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)

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