Professors Tom Strachan & Andrew Read awarded the Education Award 2007 of the
ESHG for their outstanding contribution to the dispersal of knowledge of modern
human molecular genetics among students and professionals.
Following the completion of the Human Genome Project the content and
organization of the third edition of Human Molecular Genetics has been
thoroughly revised.
* Part One (Chapters 1-7) covers basic material on DNA structure and function,
chromosomes, cells and development, pedigree analysis and the basic techniques
used in the laboratory.
* Part Two (Chapters 8-12) discusses the various genome sequencing projects and
the insights they provide into the organisation, expression, variation and
evolution of our