Copies of author's previously published articles inserted. / Amendments pasted onto back-end paper. / Bibliography: leaves 255-286. / ix, 286, [15] leaves, [5] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Aims to isolate the gene(s) responsible for Fancomi anaemia and breast cancer using a positional cloning strategy / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, 1999