On the Origin of Genetics and Beginnings of Medical Genetics of Diseases of the Kidney  Garabed Eknoyan  Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease  Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 174-177 (April 2006) DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2006.01.004 Copyright © 2006 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Stone panel from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Assyria (ca. 880 B.C.). Bird-headed creatures holding buckets and cones artificially pollinating the so-called sacred tree. (Reprinted with permission. Photo credit: HIP/Art Resource, NY. British Museum, London, UK.) Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease 2006 13, 174-177DOI: (10.1053/j.ackd.2006.01.004) Copyright © 2006 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions