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Thomas Hunt Morgan. Pioneer of Genetics. By I an S hine and S ylvia W robel . 1976.
Modern Biology and Its Human Implications. B y J. A. V. B utler . 1976.
Human Haemoglobin Variants and Their Characteristics. By H. L ehmann and P. A. M. K ynoch . 1976.
Teratology and Congenital Malformations: A Comprehensive Guide to the Literature. Edited by L ois W einstein .
Colour Vision Deficiencies. Volume III. Edited by G. V erriest . Modern Problems in Ophthalmology. Volume 17.
Down's Anomaly. Second edition. By G. F. S mith and J. M. B erg .
Human Biology. Second edition. By G. A. H arrison , J. S. W einer , J. M. T anner and N. A. B arnicot .
The HLA System. An Introductory Survey. By A. S vejgaard , M. H auge , G. J ersild , P. P latz , L. P. R yder , L. S taub N ielsen and M. T homsen .
Foundations of Mathematical Genetics. By A. W. F. E dwards .
Humangenetik: Ein kurzes Handbuch. Band III/3. Hämatologie. Edited by P eter E mil B ecker .
Handbook of Statistical Distribution. B y J. K. P atel , C. H. K apadia and D. B. O wen .
Exercises Programmés de Génétique Médicale. By P. J albert , B. S ele , J. F eingold .
Patterns of Sexuality and Reproduction. By A lan S. P arkes .     

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Psoriasis: Prevalence, Spontaneous Course and Genetics. By G unnar L omholt (1963).
Senile Dementia: a Clinical, Sociomedical and Genetic Study. By T age L arsson , T orsten S jögren , and G eorge J acobson , with the assistance of G ota S jögren .
Dystrophia Myotonica and Related Disorders. By J. E. C aughey and N. C. M yrianthopoulos .
The Biology of Mental Defect. By L. S. P enrose . Third Edition. London: Sidgwick and Jackson.
Le Emoglobine Umane. Biochimica, Genetica, Popolazionistica Patologia e Clinica. By E. S ilvestront and I. B ianco .
Repair from Genetic Radiation Damage and Differential Radiosensitivity in Germ Cells. Edited by F. H. SOBELS.
Tables for Testing Significance in a 2times2 Contingency Table. Compiled by D. J. F inney , R. L atscha , B. M. B ennett and P. H su , with an Introduction by E. S. P earson .
Family and Mental Health Problems in a Deaf Population. Edited by J. D. R ainer , K. Z. A ltschttler and F. J. K allmann with assistance of W. E. D enning .     

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Problems of Radiation Genetics . By N. P. D ubinin .
Introduction to Medical Genetics . By V. P. E phroimson .
Genetics and the Epidemiology of Chromic Diseases . Edited by J. V. N eel , M argery W. S haw and W. J. S chull .
The Molecular Basis of Heredity . By A. B. P eacocke and R. B. D rysdale .
Diffusion Models in Population Genetics . By M otoo K imura .
Human Genetics and its Foundations . By M aurice W hittinghill .
Gregor Mendel: Experiments in Plant Hybridisation (with commentary and assessment by the late Sir R onald F isher ). Edited by J. H. B ennett .
Genetics land Prehistory . The Rede Lecture 1965. By G avin de B eer . Cambridge University Press. Pp. 37. 5s.
Embryologie. Ein Lehrbuch auf allgemein biologischer Grundlage . 2nd edition. By Prof. Dr D ietrich S tarck .     

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Advances in the Study of Birth Defects. Volumes 1 and 2. Edited by T. V. N. P ersaud
Genetic Mosaics and Chimeras in Mammals. Basic Life Sciences. Volume 12. Edited by L. B. R ussell .
Selection in One- and Two-locus Systems. By T. N. N agylaki .
Advances in Human Genetics. Volume 9. Edited by H. H arris and K. H irschhorn .
Genetic Aspects of Affective Illness. Edited by J. M endlewicz and B. S hopsin
Human Genetics. Problems and Approaches. Edited by F. V ogel and A. G. M otulsky .     

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Principles of Human Genetics. By C urt S tern .
Variables Related to Human Breast Cancer. BY V. E lving A nderson , H arold O. G oodman , and S heldon C. R eed .
Practical Heredity with Drosophila. BY G ordon H askell .
Recent Advances in Human Genetics. Edited by L. S. P enrose with assistance of H elen L ang -B rown
Readings on Race. Edited by S. M. G arn .
Human Races. By S. M. G arn .
The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection. Second revised edition. By R. A. FISHER.
Human Chromosomal Abnormalities. Edited by W. M. D avidson and D. R obertson SMITH.
Medizinische Genetik. Eine Einführung in ihre Grundlagen und Probleme. By W. L enz .
Analisi Statistica per Medici e Biologi e Ancdisi del Dosaggio Biologico. By L uigi C avalli -S forza .
Sequential Medical Trials. By P. A rmitage .     

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Growing up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. By F. J. W. Miller, S. D. M. C ourt , W. S. W alton and E. G. K nox
Principles of Genetics. By E. W. S innott , L. C. D unn and T. D obzhansky
The Handling of Chromosomes. By C. D. D arlington and L. F. La C our
La biométrie. DM. 3.60. Eugène Schreider
Sex Differentiation and Development. Edited by C. R. A ustin
Genetics and Cancer. Ed. by the S taff o f t he U niversity o f T exas M.D. A nderson H ospital a nd T umor I nstitute
The Thyroid Gland
The Control of Growth and Form: a Study of the Epidermal Cell in an Insect. By V. B. W iggles -w orth
The Life and Death of Cells. By J oseph G. H offman
Les Méthodes en Génétique Générate et en Génétique Humaine. By R. H uron and J. R uffiié
Lamarck and Modern Genetics. By H. Graham Cannon
Le choléra, la première épidémie du XIXe siècle. Étude collective présentée par L ouis C hevalier
Introduction to Genetics. By C. M. M. B egg
Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. By D. S. F alconer     

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The Morphology of the Human Sperm. Electron microscopic investigations of the ultrastructure. By J. S chultz -L aksen
Ciba Foundation Symposium on Medical Biology and Etruscan Origins. Edited by G. E. W. W olstenholme
What is Cybernetics? By G. T. G uilbaud . Translated by V alerie M ac K ay
Théorie des Oraphes et ses Applications. By C. B erge
Abnormal Haemoglobins. A symposium organized by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Science. Edited by J. H. P. J onxis and J. F. D elafresnaye
Maladies Héréditaires du Metabolisme Chez l'Enfant. By M. L amy , P. R oyer et J. F rézal
Textbook of Comparative Histology. By W arren A ndrew
An Introduction to Medical Genetics. By J. A. F raser R oberts
Numbers from Experiments: a Basic Analysis of Variation. By C. C. Li
Genetik des Menschen. Lehrbuch der Humangenetik. By O tmar F reiherr von V erschuer     

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Genetic Epidemiology . Edited by N ewton E. M orton and C hin S ik C hung
Evolutionary Biology . Volume 11. Edited by M. K. H echt , W. C. S teere and B. W allace
Clinical Atlas of Human Chromosomes . By J ean D e G rouchy and C atherine T urleau
Myotonic Dystrophy . By P. S. H arper . Eastbourne: W. B. Saunders.     

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The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change. B y R. C. L ewontin .
Lea Nouveaux pygmalions: awe confins de la génétique humaine. By J ean de G rouchy .
Methods and Theories of Anthropological Genetics. Edited by M. H. C rawford and P. L. W orkman .
Colour Vision Deficiencies: II. Proceedings of the Second Symposium of the International Research Group on Colour Vision Deficiencies, Edinburgh 1973. Edited by G. V erriest .     

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Chemical Mutagens. Vol. 4. Principles and Methods for Their Detection. Edited by A. H ollaender .
Genetics and the law. Edited by A. M ilunsky and G. J. A nnas
Basic Bacteriology and Genetics. J. R. S okatch and J. J. F erretti .
Human Behaviour Genetics. By A.R. K aplan .
Evolution. B y T heodosius D obzhansky , F rancisco J. A yala , C. L edyaed S tebbins and J ames W. V alentina .     

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Papers on Human Genetics. Edited by S amuel H. B oyer , IV. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall Inc. and London: Prentice-Hall International. 1964.
Methodology in Basic Genetics. Edited by W alter J. B urdette . Holden-Day, Inc. 1963.
The Process of Evolution. Edited by P. R. E hrlich and R. W. H olm . New York, San Francisco, Toronto and London: McGraw-Hill. 1963.
Teaching Genetics. Edited by C. D. D arlington and A. D. B radshaw . Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd Ltd. 1963.
Principles of Numerical Taxonomy. By R. R. S okal and P. H. A. S neath . San Francisco and London: W. H. Freeman and Company. 1963.
General Physiology of Cell Specialization. Edited by D aniel M azia and A lbert T yler . 1963. New York, McGraw-Hill
Die angeborenen Stoffwechselanomalien. Grundlagen. Klinik. Therapie. By K. S chreier , in collaboration with H. M attern , U. P orath and J. S pranger , and with a contribution by H.-G. L asch . Stuttgart: Georg Thieme. 1963.
Proceedings of the 4th Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability , vol. iv , Biology and Problems of Health. Edited By J erzy N eyman . Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 161.     

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Karyotype, Meiosis and Spermatogonia in a Sample of Men Attending an Infertility Clinic . By B. K jessler .
Commentary on R. A. Fisher's Paper on The Correlation Between Relatives on the Supposition of Mendelian Inheritance . By P. A. P. M oran and C. A. B. S mith .
Experiments in Plant Hybridization by G. Mendel
Advances in Teratology , vol. 1. Edited by D. H. M. W oollam .
Genetic and Allied Effects of Alkylating Agents . By A nthony L oveless .
Vererbung von Hautkrankheiten , vol. VII. Edited by H. A. G ottron and U. W. S chnyder .
Review of the Proceedings of a Symposium on Tissue Typing held at Strasbourg , 1965. By the International Society of Blood Transfusion.
The Evolution of Genetics . By A rnold W. R avin .
Group Representations and Applied Probability . By E. J. H annan . London: Methuen.
Die Chromosomemtruktur des Nenschen in Mitosis und. Meiosis . By P. E berle .     

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Blood Groups. British Medical Bulletin.
Social Theories of Fertility and the Malthusian Debate. By D. E. C. E versley
Statistical Methods in Biology. By N. T. J. B ailey
Outline of Human Genetics. By L. S. P enrose
An Introduction to Genetic Statistics. By O scar K empthorne
Reproductive Physiology. Comparative Reproductive Physiology of Domestic Animals, Laboratory Animals and Man. By A. V. N albandov
Genetics, Radiobiology and Radiology. Proceedings, The Mid-Western Conference. Chairman W. G. S cott
The Genetic Basis of Selection. By I. M ichael L erner     

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Chromosome Techniques, Theory and Practice . By A run K umar S harma and A rchana S harma .
Genetics Today. Proceedings of the XIth International Congress of Genetics, The Hague, The Netherlands, september 1963. Edited by S. J. G eerts .
Methods and Goals in Human Behavior Genetics . Ed. by S teven G. V andenberg .
The Gene Concept . By N atalie B arish .
Ethnic Affinities of the Rabha . By B huban M. D as .
The Effects of Inbreeding on Japanese Children . By W illiam J. S chull and J ames V. N eel .
General Genetics , 2nd edition. By A. M. S rb , R. D. O wen and R. S. E dgar .     

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Down's Anomaly. By L. S. P enrose and G. F. S mith .
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Behaviour. Ed. by J. M. T hoday and A. S. P arkes .
'New Aspects of Human Genetics.' Ed. C. E. F ord and H arry H arris .
Eugenics and the Progressives. By D. K. P ickens .
Population Genetics. By W. J. E wens .
An Enquiry Concerning Growth, Disease and Ageing. By P hilip R. J. B urch .     

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The Use of Vital and Health Statistics for Genetic and Radiation Studies.
Genetic Selection in Man, ed. W illiam J. S ohull .
The Specificity of Serological Reactions. K arl L andsteiner .
The Molecular Basis of Evolution. By C hristian B. A nfinsen .
Elementary Genetics. By W. R. S ingleton .
The Chester Beatty Research Institute Serial Abridged Life Tables, England and Wales, 1841–1960. Part I. Tables, Preface and Notes . Compiled by R. A. M. C ase , C hristine C oghill , J oyce L. H arley and J oan T. P earson .
Evolution, Genetics, and Man. By T heodosius D obzhansky .
Genetics. By I rwin H. H erskowitz .
Medical Genetics. By W idukind L enz .
The Nature and Origin of X Chromosome Aberrations in Turner's Syndrome. A Cytogenetical and Clinical Study of 57 Patients. By J an L indsten .
The Haemoglobins in Genetics and Evolution. By V. M. I ngram .     

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Progressive Muskeldystrophie, Myotonie, Nyasthenie . Edited by E. K uhn .
Current Xtdies in Hemophilia. Proceedings of the 3rd Congress of the World Federation of Hemo philia. Paris, September 7–9, 1965. Edited by J. P. S ooller and F. Josso.
Origins of Man . By J. B uettner -J anusch .
Genetics of Interracial Crosses in Hawaii . By N. E. M orton , C. S. C hung ; and M.-P. MI.
Mental Deficiency: the Changing Outlook . Edited by A nn M. C larke and A. D. B. C larke .
Cranial Morphology in Down's Syndrome. A Comparative Roentgencephalometric Study in Adult Males . By E rik K isling .
Advances in Blood Grouping , volume II. By A. S. W iener and M. S hapiro .
The Language of Life. An Introduction to the Science of Genetics . By G eorge and M uriel B eadle .
The Control of Environment . Edited by J. D. R oslansky .     

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The Phylogeny of Human Chromosomes. By H. N. S euánez
Human and Mammalian Cytogenetics. An Historical Perspective. By T. C. H su
Genetic Disorders and the Fetus: Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment. Edited by A. M ilunsky
Monoclonal Antibodies. Hybridomas: A New Dimension in Biological Analyses. Edited by R. H. K ennett , T. J. M c K earn and K. B. B echtol
The Muscular Dystrophies. British Medical Bulletin, vol. 36, no. 2, May 1980. Edited by J. N. W alton and F. L. M astaglia
Human Genetics: Possibilities and Realities. Ciba Foundation Symposium, New Series, no. 66. Edited by R. P orter and M.O'C onnor
Dermatoglyphics-50 Years Later. Edited by W. W ertelecki and C. C. P lato
Kinetic Logic: a Boolean Approach to the Analysis of Complex Regulatory Systems. (Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol. 29.) Edited by R. T homas     

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Theoretical Genetics. By R. B. G oldschmidt
Elements of Genetics. By EDWARD C. COLIN, Ph.D.
A Clinical, Pathological and Genetic Study of Multiple Neurofibromatosis. By F rank W. C rowe , W illiam J. S chull AND J ames V. N eel
L'Hérédité en Medecine. By A. T ouraine     

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Mathematical Tables for Research Workers in Human Genetics. By S heila M aynard -S mith , L. S. P enrose and C. A. B. S mith
Twins in History and Science. By L. G edda . Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 1961.
Prenatal influences. By M. F. A shley M ontagu . Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 1962. O
Die kindliche Entwicklung. By E rwin T homas . Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke Verlag. 1961.
Osteogenesis Imperfecta in Sweden. Clinical, Genetic, Epidemiological and Socio-medical Aspects. By G unnar S mars . (The Section on Socio-medical aspects written together with Ragnar Berfenstam) Scandinavian University Books. 1961. Pro.
Genetic Mechanisms in Human Disease: Chromosomal Aberrations. Edited by M. F. A shley M ontagu . Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, and Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd. 1961.
Growth at Adolescence. BY J. M. T anner , M.D., D.Sc., P.D.M., 2nd edition. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1962.
Chromosomes in Medicine. Edited by J. L. H ambrton . Little Club Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 5