Cox, Nancy J.

The genetic component to diabetes [electronic resource] / Diabetes Nancy J. Cox. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2007. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (45 min.) : color, sound). - Human population genetics I : evolution and variation, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Human population genetics I : evolution and variation. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames.

Contents: Diabetes mellitus: definition, classification and its use as a model for genetic studies of complex disorders -- Genetic forms of diabetes mellitus: monogenic and polygenic -- Identification of diabetes genes -- Monogenic forms of diabetes: human HNF-1-alpha/MODY3 gene -- Polygenic forms of diabetes -- HLA and ISN in type 1 diabetes -- Genes for type 2 diabetes and linkage mapping -- TCF7L2 in type 2 diabetes -- Genome wide association studies and gene loci implicated in these studies -- Allelic variation in human gene expression -- Ancestral susceptibility models.

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