Chief Editor Komal Uppal DCH, DNB (Pediatrics), FSIAMG, PGCCMGC is currently Medical Scientist, Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. She graduated from Government Medical College, Amritsar, and obtained her DCH from Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana (Punjab). After that she completed her DNB (Pediatrics), then she did SIAMG fellowship in clinical genetics from Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad, and PG certified course in medical and genetic counselling from Kamineni Hospital, Hyderabad.
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">This handy book aims to serve both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students in providing the essential knowledge of genetics and guidance in focused, pointed and systematic way for preparing the question–answers related to the genetics which are frequently asked in the examinations.</p><h3 style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.35; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">The key features include:</h3><ol style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Comprehensive, illustrative, latest coverage of all the topics related to basic genetics, common genetic disorders, from the recommended academic syllabus, questions from previous question bank with suitable examples in an easy flowing question–answer format.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Complex terminology and hard-to-grasp concepts of genetics are presented in student-friendly, simplified and understandable language.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Up-to-date content offers a glimpse into the latest diagnostic and therapeutic advances in genetics.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Recent genetics websites, clinical genetic databases and tables of various genetic syndromes and other disorders are provided in the appendix.</li></ol><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">Contributions from leading experts in the field of genetics</p>