Victor McKusick and the History of Medical Genetics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dronamraju, Krishna R. (Editor), Francomano, Clair A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Molecular biology.; Medicine > History.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Molecular Medicine.; History of Medicine.; Biomedicine general.

Victor McKusick is widely known as the ‘Founding Father of Medical Genetics’. His seminal contributions to all aspects of medical genetics have led to the establishment of a distinct discipline. As a clinician, teacher, scientist, historian and author, McKusick’s role is unparalleled. He was a found...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Memories
• McKusick Twins
• Victor McKusick and Recollections
• Memories of Victor McKusick
• Memoirs of Moore Clinic
• Cytogenetics and Early Days at the Moore Clinic
• Travels with Victor
• Homage for Victor McKusick
• How did my association with Victor influence me, my career, my family
• The Assimilation of Classical Genetics into Human Genetics
• Genetic Studies in Isolated Populations
• Victor A. McKusick and Medical Genetics Among the Amish
• Dr. Victor A.  McKusick and the Genetics of Dwarfism
• Clinical Genomicist in the Future of Medical Practice
• Victor McKusick and the History of Medical Genetics
• The influence of  Victor A. McKusick on the development  of training in Medical Genetics
• Appendices
• Index.