Anthony J. Boyce / C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (eds.)

Molecular Biology and Human Diversity

Herausgeber: Boyce, A. J.; Mascie-Taylor, C. G. Nicholas; Boyce, Anthony J.

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Produktbeschreibung

The public is now paying considerable attention to the use of molecular evidence in studies of human diversity and origins. Much of the early work in this area was based on evidence from mitochondrial DNA, but this has now been supplemented by important new information from nuclear DNA from both Y chromosomes and the autosomes. The bulk of the material available is from living populations, but this is being extended by the study of DNA from archaic populations. The underlying models used in interpreting this evidence are based on the neutral theory of molecular evolution, but also consider the possible role of selection. This volume brings together much new evidence and methodology from an international group of scientists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780521019224
• ISBN-10: 0521019222
• Artikelnr.: 21235988

Inhaltsangabe

1. Mitochondrial DNA in ancient and modern humans E. Hagelberg; 2. Digital
DNA typing of human paternal lineages M. A. Jobling, N. Bouzekri, N.
Fretwell, G. A. Dover and A. J. Jeffreys; 3. Minisatellites as tools for
population genetic analysis J. Flint, J. Bond, R. M. Harding and J. B.
Clegg; 4. DNA fingerprinting: development of a technology and its
application to the study of human populations A. P. Ryskov, M. I. Prosnyak,
N. S. Kupriyanova, E. K. Khusnutdinova, I. M. Khidiatova, V.V. Kalnin, O.V.
Kalnina, K. B. Bulkayeva and S. A. Limborska; 5. Kinship, breeding and
matching probabilities N. E. Morton and J. Teague; 6. Using the coalescent
to interpret gene trees R. M. Harding; 7. Some attempts at measuring
natural selection by malaria A. V. S. Hill; 8. AIDA: geographical patterns
of DNA diversity investigated by autocorrelation statistics G. Barbujani
and G. Bertorelle; 9. Mitochondrial DNA sequences in Europe: an insight
into population history J. Betranpetit, F. Calafell, D. Comas, A.
Pérez-Lezaun and E. Mateu; 10. Palaeolithic and neolithic contributions to
the European mitochondrial gene pool B. Sykes, H. Côrte-Real and M.
Richards; 11. The molecular diversity of the Niokholo Mandenkalu from
Eastern Senegal: and insight into West Africa genetic theory L. Excoffier,
E. S . Poloni, S. Santachiara-Benerecetti, O. Semino, and A. Langaney; 12.
The peopling of Madagascar H. Soodyall, T. Jenkins, R. Hewitt, A. Krause,
M. Stoneking; 13. Molecular perspectives on the colonisation of the Pacific
J. J. Martinson; 14. Population ancestry on Tristan da Cunha - the evidence
of the individual D. F. Roberts and H. Soodyall; 15. Linguistic divergence
and genetic evolution: molecular perspectives from the New World R. H.
Ward; 16. Allelic sequence diversity at the human b-globulin locus S. M.
Fullerton; 17. A nuclear perspective on human evolution K. K. Kidd and J.
R. Kidd; 18. Contrasting gene trees and population trees of the evolution
of modern humans N. Saitou; 19. Methods and models for understanding human
diversity H. C. Harpending, J. H. Relethford and S. T. Sherry; Index.