What books are helpful when learning about genetic linkage analysis?
[rootd;21may94] Jurg Ott’s Analysis of Human Genetic Linkage is THE work in this area, It is available from Johns Hopkins University Press ($47.50) J.D. Terwilliger & J. Ott, “Handbook of Human Genetic Linkage,” Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994, $60. It grew out of the handouts for the linkage courses and provides detailed instructions on how to use the LINKAGE (and some other programs) on a PC. Guide to Human Genome Computing, edited by Martin J. Bishop, and published by Academic Press (1994). It is very internet-oriented. The first chapter talks about ftp sites, etc. and Chapter 3 is dedicated to linkage analysis.($40) E.A. Thompson: “Pedigree Analysis in Human Genetics”, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1986 ($35). K.E. Davies (editor): “Human Genetic Diseases – A Practical Approach”. IRL Press, Oxford England and Washington, D.C., 1986 ($25, softbound; $40, hardbound). Muin J Khoury, Terri H Beaty, Bernice H Cohen. Fundamentals of Genetic epidemiology. Oxfo
