ISBN:
0-8263-0274-2
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978-0-8263-0274-8
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 509 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series [5]
Series Statement:
A _School of American Research Book [5]
Keywords:
Anthropologie, physische Genetik
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Bevölkerungsentwicklung
;
Demographie
Abstract:
This book deals with the methods and theories used to study variation within and among human populations, specifically looking at genetics research conducted in the 1960s and 1970s. It presents empirical support for many modern theories in population genetics and demography.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- 1. Anthropological genetics: problems and pitfalls, D. F. Roberts -- 2. The use of genetic markers of the blood in the study of the evolution of human populations, Michael H. Crawford -- 3. Gene frequency differences in human populations: some problems of analysis and interpretation, Frank B. Livingstone -- 4. Genetics of isolate populations, Jean Benoist -- 5. Inbreeding in human populations, Russell M. Reid -- 6. Genetic analyses of hybrid populations, P. L. Workman -- 7. Human genetic distances and human mating distances, Gabriel W. Lasker -- 8. Measure of population distances, W. W. Howells -- 9. Genetic distance among southern African populations, Henry Harpending and Trefor Jenkins -- 10. Comuter simulation of demographic processes, Francis E. Johnston and Morris E. Albers -- 11. Computer simulation in anthropology and human genetics, Jean W. Maccluer -- 12. The feasibility of demographic studies in "anthropological" populations, Nancy Howell -- 13. Historical demography of a Navajo community, Kenneth Morgan -- 14. Pingelap and Mokil Atolls: a problem in population structure, N. E. Morton, J. N. Hurd, and G. F. Little -- 15. Population structure of Micronesia, N. E. Morton -- 16. Some aspects of genetic structure in the Yanomama and Makiritare: two tribes of southern Venezuela, Richard H. Ward -- 18. Population analyses in Oceania, Eugene Giles -- 18. Genetic adapation in twentieth-century man, Solomon H. Katz -- 19. Anthropological genetics: an overview, James N. Spuhler -- References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 453-498"Most of the papers in this volume were presented in a symposium entitled 'Methods in Anthropological Genetics,' held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 24-28, 1971, at the School of American Research." (Preface)Enthält 19 Beiträge
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