Curt Stern, Principles of Human Genetics, 3rd ed. (1973), is a classic work thoroughly covering the field. Alan E.H. Emery and David L. Rimon (eds.), Principles and Practice of Human Genetics, 2 vol. (1983), presents an up-to-date, thorough treatment of medical genetics. Victor A. McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man: Catalogue of Autosomal Dominant, Autosomal Recessive, and X-Linked Phenotypes, 6th ed. (1983), is an informative source. Aubrey Milunsky and George J. Annas (eds.), Genetics and the Law II (1980), presents papers on ethics, eugenics, genetics, and the law. See also such symposium and conference proceedings as Ernest B. Hook and Ian H. Porter (eds.), Population Cytogenetics: Studies in Humans (1977); and Charles J. Epstein et al. (eds.), Risk, Communication, and Decision Making in Genetic Counseling (1979).
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