title: Lecture Notes: Medical Genetics
author: John R. Bradley
description: This is a straightforward book about genetics that is not only easy to understand but also easy to carry around. It lists and explains all the relevant clinical genetics that a medical student may see in their medical career. <i>Medical Student, Edinburgh University</i><br />
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  # 30-SECOND  
   **GENETICS**
  
  
  The 50 most fundamental discoveries in genetics, each explained in half a
  minute
  
  
  Editors
  
  
  **Jonathan Weitzman & Matthew Weitzman**
  
  
  Foreword
  
  
  **Rodney Rothstein**
  
  
  Contributors
  
  
  **Thomas Bourgeron**
  
  
  **Robert J. Brooker**
  
  
  **Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo**
  
  
  **Alain Fischer**
  
  
  **Edith Heard**
  
  
  **Mark F. Sanders**
  
  
  **Reiner A. Veitia**
  
  
  **Jonathan B. Weitzman**
  
  
  **Matthew D. Weitzman**
  
  
  Illustrations
  
  
  **Steve Rawlings**
  
  
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  ## **CONTENTS**
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Foreword](fore.xhtml#foreword)
  
  
  * [Introduction](intro.xhtml#intro)
  
  
  * [**History & Concepts**](ch01.xhtml#ch01)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [GLOSSARY](ch01.xhtml#lev1)
  
  
  * [Mendel’s Laws of Heredity](ch01.xhtml#lev2)
  
  
  * [Darwin & the Origin of Species](ch01.xhtml#lev3)
  
  
  * [DNA Carries the Genetic Information](ch01.xhtml#lev4)
  
  
  * [The Double Helix](ch01.xhtml