Human population genetics

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"Human Population Genetics will provide an introduction to mathematical population genetics, along with relevant examples from human (and some non-human primate) populations, and will also present concepts and methods of population genetics that are specific to the study of human populations. The purpose of this book is to provide a basic background text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students interesting in the mechanisms of human microevolution"--

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Full title :Human population genetics / John H. Relethford.

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Publication Date:©2012.

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Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:Hoboken, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

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Description:1 online resource (xi, 296 pages) : : illustrations.

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ISBN:0470464674, 9780470464670, 1283592177, 9781283592178, 9781118181638, 1118181638, 1785393685, 9781785393686, 9786613904621, 6613904627, 1118181654, 9781118181652
oclc:ocn809617682
LC Classification:GN289
Dewey Decimal:599.93/5

HUMAN POPULATIONGENETICS -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 GENETIC, MATHEMATICAL, AND ANTHROPOLOGICALBACKGROUND -- I. The Scope of Population Genetics -- II. Genetics Background -- III. Principles of Probability -- IV. The Anthropological Connection -- V.A Closing Thought -- 2 HARDY-WEINBERG EQUILIBRIUM -- I. Genotype and Allele Frequencies -- II. What is Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium? -- III. The Mathematics of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium -- IV. Using Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium -- V. Extensions of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium -- VI. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium and Evolution -- VII. Summary -- 3 INBREEDING -- I. Quantifying Inbreeding -- II. Population Genetics and Inbreeding -- III. Inbreeding in Human Populations -- IV. Summary -- 4 MUTATION -- I. The Nature of Mutations -- II. Models of Mutation -- III. Mutational History and Anthropological Questions -- IV. Summary -- 5 GENETIC DRIFT -- I. What is Genetic Drift? -- II. Genetic Drift and Population Size -- III. Effects on Genetic Variation -- IV. Mutation and Genetic Drift -- V. Coalescent Theory -- VI. Summary -- 6 MODELS OF NATURAL SELECTION -- I. How Does Natural Selection Work? -- II. A General Model of Natural Selection -- …