Label:
Using pedigress in the hunt for BRCA1, Mary-Claire King
Description:
Interviewee: Mary-Claire King
DNAi Location:
Applications>Genes and medicine>gene hunting
Families and pedigrees
Mary-Claire King talks about the value of using the centuries-old tool of family pedigrees to gain insight into patterns of inheritance of genetic disorders.
Biological elements:
BRCA1, breast cancer, pedigrees, mutations
Concepts precesses:
gene hunting, inherited cancer, hereditary cancer
Tools & methods :
pedigrees, gene hunting