American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Scope

The American Journal of Medical Genetics - Part A (AJMG) gives you continuous coverage of all biological and medical aspects of genetic disorders and birth defects, as well as in-depth documentation of phenotype analysis within the current context of genotype/phenotype correlations. In addition to Part A , AJMG also publishes two other parts: Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics , covering experimental and clinical investigations of the genetic mechanisms underlying neurologic and psychiatric disorders. Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics , guest-edited collections of thematic reviews of topical interest to the readership of AJMG . As a crucial resource to physicians, medical geneticists and associated professionals, the Journal's primary purpose is to report original research in the following areas: -Biochemical Genetics : newborn screening, carrier detection, and the metabolic dysplasia and malformation syndromes; -Cancer Genetics and Cancer Cytogenetics : experimental and molecular approaches; -Clinical Genetics : descriptions of new syndromes, new causal and pathogenetic insights into known syndromes, advances in genetic counseling, nosology, anthropometry, and anthropology, including dermatoglyphics; -Clinical Molecular Genetics : linkage, mapping, and gene sequencing; -Formal Genetics : quantitative, population, and epidemiological genetics; -Molecular Cytogenetics : delineation of syndromes due to chromosomal aberration; -Neuropsychiatric Genetics : reports on novel research on the genetic mechanisms underlying psychiatric and neurological disorders; -Reproductive Genetics : prenatal diagnosis and the genetics of prenatal and perinatal death in humans.