title: A 60-year tale of spots, maps, and genes.
abstract: This is an account of almost 60 years' experience in the clinical delineation of genetic disorders, mapping genes on chromosomes, and cataloging human disease-related genes and genetic disorders. The origins of medical genetics as a clinical specialty, of the Human Genome Project, of genomics (including the term), and of HUGO are recounted.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-4922, USA.
authors.forename: Victor A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: McKusick
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000266:history*; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D016045:Human Genome Project; D006801:Humans