ISBN:
9780131927650
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (449 p)
Edition:
6th ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Human Variation : Races, Types, and Ethnic Groups
DDC:
599.9
Keywords:
Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; Preface; Chapter 1 Biological Diversity and the Race Concept: An Introduction; Human Variation: Its Discovery and Classification; Anthropometry: The Measures of Human Variation; Eugenics; Racial Boundaries: Fact or Fiction?; Race, Geography, and Origins; Confusions and Contradictions of Human Classification; Human Biological Variability: A Perspective; Chapter 2 The Biological Basis for Human Variation; Principles of Inheritance; Formal Human Genetics; Factors of Variation and Evolution
Description / Table of Contents:
The Gene, DNA, and the ""Code of Life""Chromosomes at the Molecular Level; Gene Clusters and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLPs); Y-Chromosome DNA Polymorphisms; Mitochondrial DNA; Genes and Populations: A Summary; Chapter 3 Traits of Simple Inheritance I: Blood Groups and Proteins; Blood Components and Inherited Traits; The Blood Groups; The Blood Groups: An Overview; White Blood Cell (WBC) Antigens; Polymorphisms of Serum Proteins; Inborn Errors of Metabolism; Other Polymorphisms of Anthropological Interest; Traits of Simple Inheritance: Some Conclusions
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 4 Traits of Simple Inheritance II: Hemoglobin Variants and DNA MarkersHemoglobins: Normal and Abnormal; Distribution of Hemoglobin S; Malaria and Natural Selection; Other Abnormal Hemoglobins; The Enzyme G6PD (Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase); Distribution of Red-Cell Variants in Sardinian Populations; Gene Frequency Changes and African Americans; DNA Markers of Human Variation; Genetic Markers at the DNA Level: Some Conclusions; Chapter 5 Traits of Complex Inheritance and Their Adaptations: I; The Structure and Function of Skin; Skin Color, Geography, and Natural Selection
Description / Table of Contents:
Skin Color and EvolutionCraniofacial Traits; Eye Color and Hair Color; Human Form and Its Variability; Body Size and Form: Perspectives of Heredity; Chapter 6 Traits of Complex Inheritance and Their Adaptations: II; Characteristics of Growth and Development; Nutritional Influences; Adaptation to Cold or Hot Environments; High Altitude Environments: Stresses and Responses; Conclusions: Complex Traits and Their Adaptations; Chapter 7 Human Variability, Behavior, and Racism; Race, Nations, and Racism; Intelligence Quotient: A Measure of Mental Ability?
Description / Table of Contents:
Behavior and Inheritance or Inheritance of BehaviorClass and Caste; Genetics, Intelligence, and the Future; Chapter 8 Distribution of Human Biodiversity; Some Factors Contributing to Gene Distribution; Races, Ethnic Groups, or Breeding Populations; Breeding Populations; Clinal Distribution of Traits; Breeding Populations versus Clines; Chapter 9 Perspectives of Health and Human Diversity: Influences of the Race Concept; Epidemiological Transition: The Distribution and Type of Disease; The Developing World and Epidemiological Transitions; A New World, but Old Diseases; What Is a Race?
Description / Table of Contents:
Genes, Races, Environments, and Diseases: Some Conclusions
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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