Surnames and genetic structure

Surnames and genetic structure

by Lasker, Gabriel Ward

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Surnames are inherited in much the same way as are biological traits. Since surnames were generally adopted - in Europe during Medieval times - their distribution has become very uneven: analysis of the present geographic patterns provides an insight into the kind of redistribution of genes that has resulted from all the migrations of the intervening years. Using non-technical language and a minimum of mathematics, this book presents a lucid description and evaluation of these studies of the ge…

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  • Full title :Surnames and genetic structure / Gabriel Ward Lasker ; with maps and diagrams, prepared by C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor, A.J. Boyce, and G. Brush, of the distribution of 100 surnames in England and Wales.

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Surnames are inherited in much the same way as are biological traits. Since surnames were generally adopted - in Europe during Medieval times - their distribution has become very uneven: analysis of the present geographic patterns provides an insight into the kind of redistribution of genes that has resulted from all the migrations of the intervening years. Using non-technical language and a minimum of mathematics, this book presents a lucid description and evaluation of these studies of the genetic structure of human populations. A special feature is the appendix which presents computer-generated maps and distribution diagrams of 100 common surnames in England and Wales.

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  • Publication Date:1985.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (viii, 148 pages) : : PDF file(s).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780511983351, 0511983352
  • oclc:on1030080844
  • LC Classification:GN289
  • Dewey Decimal:573.2/15

Subjects

Génétique des populations humaines -- G… Génétique des populations humaines -- M… Great Britain Human population genetics Human population genetics -- Great Brit… Human population genetics -- Methodology Names, Personal Names, Personal -- Great Britain Noms de personnes -- Grande-Bretagne

Writers

Lasker, Gabriel Ward

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