On 9 Apr 2000, at 21:33, Parkinsons NZ Information Centre wrote: > > Can anyone refer me to articles on the above that are up to date and > relatively easy for a lay person to understand? We get quite a lot of > queries on this subject - my understanding is that Parkinsons is not > hereditary, but I do know that some studies have shown that genetic > factors have played a part in rare circumstances. > Hi, There is a lot of information related to genetics in my latest WWWeb Resources 10 - Human Genome Project It's definitely up to date, easy? Nah... Try these... Genetics and PD: Research Points to Environmental Causes http://www.parkinson.org/genetics_pd.htm There is a Journal of Heredity http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/list/jhered/ have a sunny day ........ murray