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. 1988 Dec;9:14–16.

The molecular genetics of complex inherited diseases.

R Williamson 1
PMCID: PMC2149106  PMID: 3076062

Abstract

The majority of inherited diseases are due to unknown biochemical defects, or are either polygenetic or multifactorial. Due to advances in molecular genetics, it is now possible to study these conditions, either by reverse genetics (using cloning techniques to move from linkage to gene, and then determining the protein involved) or by dissecting a complex disease into a set of monogenic paradigms.

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