TY - JOUR AU - Peake, Ian AB - Book reviews series and these provide guidance in topics as monumental. Monumental not so much for its size, with chapters and diverse as DNA cloning and the use of micro- though it is impressive enough 128 a The latest volume on mammalian over 1200 pages, but literally a monument: proud computers. and achievements of development, edited by M Monk, continues the public statement of the hopes human molecular genetics in 1986. excellent tradition. It could be argued that the title The individual five to 10 page chapters are not of this volume is slightly misleading; many develop- reviews of a particular topic, but accounts of the mental biologists will fail to find their favourite in the work of one group. Some describe famous achieve- system described in this book. As stated for chronic preface by the editor, a better indication of the ments (for example, cloning the gene knowing nothing except its is mammalian molecular embryology, with granulomatous disease, contents on the X chromosome), others describe nearly all the chapters concentrating on the analysis position technical advances (for example, making linking and of mouse embryology (and pre-embryology). If you The unkind publishers sent only want to know how to TI - The Molecular Basis of Blood Diseases JF - Journal of Medical Genetics DO - 10.1136/jmg.25.11.789-a DA - 1988-11-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/british-medical-journal/the-molecular-basis-of-blood-diseases-J3GTDWes7t SP - 789 EP - 790 VL - 25 IS - 11 DP - DeepDyve ER -