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Stoneking, Mark

An Introduction to Molecular Anthropology

Stoneking, Mark - An Introduction to Molecular Anthropology, ebook

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Molecular anthropology uses molecular genetic methods to address questions and issues of anthropological interest. More specifically, molecular anthropology is concerned with genetic evidence concerning human origins, migrations, and population relationships, including related topics such as the role of recent natural selection in human population differentiation, or the impact of particular social systems on patterns of human genetic variation.

Organized into three major sections, An Introduction to Molecular Anthropology first covers the basics of genetics – what genes are, what they do, and how they do it – as well as how genes behave in populations and how evolution influences them. The following section provides an overview of the different kinds of genetic variation in humans, and how this variation is analyzed and used to make evolutionary inferences.The third section concludes with a presentation of the current state of genetic evidence for human origins, the spread of humans around the world, the role of selection and adaptation in human evolution, and the impact of culture on human genetic variation. A final, concluding chapter discusses various aspects of molecular anthropology in the genomics era, including personal ancestry testing and personal genomics.

An Introduction to Molecular Anthropology is an invaluable resource for students studying human evolution, biological anthropology, or molecular anthropology, as well as a reference for anthropologists and anyone else interested in the genetic history of humans.

Keywords: An Introduction to Molecular Anthropology; molecular genetic methods anthropology; Mark Stoneking; genes; genomics era; personal ancestry testing; personal genomics; genetic evidence; human origins; migrations; population relationships, Biological Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Medical Anthropology

Author(s)
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication year
2017
Language
en
Edition
1
Page amount
400 pages
Category
Natural Sciences
Format
Ebook
eISBN (ePUB)
9781119050872
Printed ISBN
9781118061626

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