Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Forerunners; Medical Genetics before World War Two 2. The Founders of Post-war British Medical Genetics 3. A New Specialty: the Spread and Growth of Medical Genetics 4. Branching Out: Specialties and Subspecialties in Medical Genetics 5. Prenatal Diagnosis and Reproductive Genetics 6. Genetic Counselling 7. Genetics, Ethics and Society 8. Making an Impact on Health: Medical Genetics and the UK National Health Service 9. The Wider Scene: Medical Genetics as a Community 10. The Laboratory Basis of Medical Genetics 11. Discovery and Research 12. Mapping and Sequencing: from Gene to Genome 13. Medical Genetics and Genetics in Medicine: Present and Future Appendix 1. A Timeline for Genetics and Medicine in Britain. Appendix 2. Recording the History of British Medical Genetics. Index

About the Author

Peter S. Harper is University Research Professor (Emeritus) in Human Genetics at Cardiff University, UK.