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Tuesday, May 07, 2002For more detailed information about the human genome, try the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man site. It lists the gene locus for a variety of conditions, gives a synopsis of the condition and what's known about its genes and inheritance patterns, and shows you where on the human chromosome the gene appears. Search for “eye color”, for example, and it will tell you the gene responsible for eye color as well as give you a rundown on the basic genetics of eye color inheritance. Click on the gene locus and it takes you to a map of the chromosome with that gene highlighted. You can also, of course, look up diseases. I did a search for “hypophosphatasia” and found a nice, concise synopsis of it that's far better than anything I can find in a traditional textbook, complete with links to references. The last time I looked up this condition was about seven years ago. I had to do a Medline search then hunt down the individual articles and come up with my own synopsis. It was very time consuming. Now, all of that can be had at the click of a mouse. I just love what the internet is doing for information dispersal. posted by Sydney on 5/07/2002 06:43:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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