The world of genetics can be daunting. The jargon is unfamiliar to the lay reader. Below are some articles that may help demystify genetics a little. If anything leaves you still wondering, feel free to use the email link below to ask questions. We'll get you an answer as soon as possible.

Genetic Alliance

• Genetics Resources Glossary
• Alphabet Soup: Genetics for Genetics Consumers, Terms and Acronyms
• Recursos en Español (Spanish Resources)

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

• Multifactorial Inheritance
• Cancer Genetics
• Inheritence of Single-Gene Defects, including autosomal dominant

Glaxo Smith Kline

• Introduction to Genetics
• Genes and Diseases

Update: 16.Jan.'05