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Human evolutionary genetics : origins, peoples & disease / Mark A. Jobling, Matthew Hurles, Chris Tyler-Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Abingdon : Garland Science, c2004.Description: xx, 523 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780815341857 (pbk.) :
  • 0815341857
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 599.935 JOB
LOC classification:
  • QH431 .J53 2004
Contents:
Why study human evolutionary genetics?--Structure, function and inheritance of the human genome--The diversity of the human genome--Discovering and assaying genome diversity--Processes shaping diversity--Making inferences from diversity--Humans as apes--Origins of modern humans--he distribution of diversity - out of Arica and into Asia, Australisa and Europe--Agricultural expansions--Into new found lands--What happens when populations meet?--Understanding the past and future of phenotypic variation--Health implications of our evolutionary heritage--Identity and identification.
Summary: 'Human Evolutionary Genetics' describes the molecular basis of human genetic variation and the mechanisms which give rise to it. It introduces principles behind the use of molecular genetic data to understand human evolution and population histories.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 599.935 JOB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213753
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 599.935 JOB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 128321
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 599.935 JOB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 128320

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why study human evolutionary genetics?--Structure, function and inheritance of the human genome--The diversity of the human genome--Discovering and assaying genome diversity--Processes shaping diversity--Making inferences from diversity--Humans as apes--Origins of modern humans--he distribution of diversity - out of Arica and into Asia, Australisa and Europe--Agricultural expansions--Into new found lands--What happens when populations meet?--Understanding the past and future of phenotypic variation--Health implications of our evolutionary heritage--Identity and identification.

'Human Evolutionary Genetics' describes the molecular basis of human genetic variation and the mechanisms which give rise to it. It introduces principles behind the use of molecular genetic data to understand human evolution and population histories.

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