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Human evolutionary genetics / Mark Jobling, Brenna Henn, Edward Hollox, Toomas Kivisild, Luca Pagani, and Chris Tyler-Smith.
Penn Museum Library - Reserve QH431 .J53 2026
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- Author/Creator:
- Jobling, Mark A., author.
- Henn, Brenna, author.
- Hollox, Edward, author.
- Kivisild, Toomas, author.
- Pagani, Luca, author.
- Tyler-Smith, Chris, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Molecular evolution.
- Human genome.
- Human genetics--Variation.
- Human genetics.
- Physical anthropology.
- Evolution, Molecular.
- Genome, Human.
- Genetic Variation.
- Anthropology, Physical.
- Adaptation, Biological.
- physical anthropology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Evolution, Molecular.
- Genome, Human.
- Genetic Variation.
- Anthropology, Physical.
- Adaptation, Biological.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 614 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Human Evolutionary Genetics reaches its third edition at a time when sequencing and analyzing whole genomes, modern and ancient, has become rapid, affordable, and routine. These advances have led to an avalanche of data on present-day and archaic humans, and a remarkable series of revelations about our past. This new and completely revised edition makes sense of this rich and complex information, tying it into other sources of evidence from paleontology, archaeology, paleoclimatology and linguistics. The book takes readers on a journey from the prehistoric origins of our ancestors through to the historical era.
- Contents:
- An introduction to human evolutionary genetics
- Human genome variation
- Finding and assaying genome diversity
- Describing genetic diversity
- Inferring demography from patterns of genetic variation
- Detecting selection from patters of genetic variation
- Humans as primates
- What genetic changes have made us human?
- Our origins in Africa
- Out of Africa and beyond
- From the last ice age to the historical era
- Making the contemporary world
- Evidence on human evolution from other species
- Understanding the evolution of phenotypic variation
- Evolutionary insights into simple and complex genetic diseases
- Evolutionary insights into infectious disease
- The personal genome and identity.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815345633
- 0815345631
- 1032582448
- 9781032582443
- OCLC:
- 1574651258
- Publisher Number:
- 90104678051
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