The History of Community Genetics: The Contribution of the Haemoglobin Disorders

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The emerging possibilities of applying new diagnostic technologies for genetic diagnosis and screening point to the need for a discipline of community genetics. Genetic population screening for haemoglobin disorders (thalassaemias and sickle cell disorders) has been practised on a large scale for over 20 years, and basic concepts and methods of community genetics have been developed within this framework, under...

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