Essentials of Medical Genomics

This book contains six new chapters on vital topics of interest such as multilocus SNP genotyping (SNP chips), RNAi, ChIP-chip, and genomic tiling arrays. The new edition responds to reviewers’ and users’ desire for greater coverage - now the most useful handbook on the market! This book: contains practical, concise summary of everything about genomics and emerging technologies a busy physician or medical student should know; covers concepts and techniques that are in use in medicine now, as well as those on the cutting-edge of science relevant to medicine, from bioinformatics to DNA diagnostics and proteomics. The book also includes chapter-end exercises, enhancing the utility of the new edition as a textbook, and PowerPoint slides of images available at instructor website.