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Anthropological Genetics: Theory, Methods and Applications

By Michael H. Crawford

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780521838092, 9780511335242, 0511335245, 0521838096, 9780521546973, 0521546974
Open Library ID
OL22742460M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7487333 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
487\487
Topic
Biology Genetics
Time added
2010-05-12 16:22:54

Description

This text is basically an anthropology textbook on human evolution that integrates the latest biological and cultural research. It comes from the merger of genetic analysis and cultural anthropology. The authors see a co-evolution of genes with culture that helps to define the organism and the environment in which they live in which both are acting as cause and effect. This book was written at the suggestion of the American Association of Anthropological Genetics (AAAG) with the intent of being used as a textbook at the advanced undergraduage and graduate level. It is broken into four major parts: Theory: Covering Evolution and Genetic Variations and Isolates Methods: Field Research, historical demography, molecular markers General Applications: Forensic DNA, Emerging technology, Linkage analysis The Human Diaspora: Africa, Europe, Oceania, Americas. Dr. Crawford originally was to be the editor of the book. Due to contributors failing to meet promised deadlines, he has written a substantial part of the book.

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