The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders (2nd edition)

Genetics is currently a very fast‐moving subject of study. Genetics textbooks are extremely expensive, and inevitably, by the time they have actually gone through the processes of being printed, bound, and distributed, they are out of date. I am informed by genetic researchers that even the refereed and rigorously edited scientific journals in which they formally publish are so slow that, in actual practice, they communicate with each other via e‐mailed drafts and electronic pre‐prints, which are not indexed, or archived or, in any way under my bibliographic control. I always feel rather sad when some elderly genetically‐orientated psychiatrist dies,...