Anthropological genetics : theory, methods and applications / [edited by] Michael H. Crawford.
Record details
- ISBN: 0521546974 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780521546973 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0521838096 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780521838092 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: x, 476 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Content descriptions
General Note: | New May 2009. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foundations of anthropological genetics -- Theory -- Partitioning of genetic variation in human populations and the concept of race -- Natural experiments in human gene mapping: the intersection of anthropological genetics and genetic epidemiology -- Methods -- The importance of field research in anthropological genetics: methods, experiences and results -- The confluence of anthropological genetics and anthropological demography -- Molecular markers in anthropological genetics studies -- The use of quantitative traits in anthropological genetic studies of population structure and history -- Ancient DNA and its application to the reconstruction of human evolution and history -- Applications of Anthropological Genetics -- General Applications -- Applications of molecular genetics to forensic sciences -- Emerging technologies: the bright future of fluorescence -- Mapping genes influencing human quantitative trait variation -- The human diaspora -- Human origins within and out of Africa -- The peopling of Europe -- Peopling of Oceania -- The prehistoric colonization of the Americas -- Anthropological genetics: present and future. |
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Subject: | Human population genetics. Human evolution. Human genetics. |