Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics: Volume 1 Theory and Methods

by James H. Mielke (Editor)

Overview

The papers in this volume were presented as part of the University of Kansas Department of Anthropology Distinguished Lecture Program on Anthro­ pological Genetics. Consecutively, each contributor spent approximately a week on the campus at Lawrence participating in a seminar. The contributors to this volume were not on campus at one time, but visited us on alternating weeks; hence, a symposium-type interchange was not possible between all participants. However, the students and faculty of Kansas University acted as a sounding board. This volume can be considered a companion and continuation of Methods and Theories of Anthropological Genetics, which was based upon a symposium on the state of the art in 1971. This present volume reflects what we consider to be some of the advances and current developments in anthropological genetics since 1973. Emphasis has shifted, to some degree, away from population structure analysis (as depicted in Crawford and Workman) to genetic epidemiology. However, population structure still remains a fertile and ongoing area of research with many theoretical questions still remaining unanswered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461330868
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	10/12/2011
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
Pages:	436
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

I: Historical Approaches to Anthropological Genetics.- 1. Voices of Our Ancestors.- 2. Historical Demography: Applications in Anthropological Genetics.- II: Evolutionary Perspectives.- 3. Perspectives on the Theory of Social Evolution.- 4. The Anthropological Usefulness of Highly Polymorphic Systems: HLA and Immunoglobulin Allotypes.- 5. Natural Selection and Random Variation in Human Evolution.- 6. The Simulation of Human Fertility: Strategies in Demographic Modeling.- III: Analytical Theory.- 7. The Genetic Structure of Subdivided Human Populations: A Review.- 8. Distance Analysis and Multidimensional Scaling.- 9. Pedigree Analysis of Complex Models.- 10. Current Directions in Genetic Epidemiology.- IV: Analytical Theory: illustrated by Example.- 11. Segregation Analysis.- 12. Path Analysis of Quantitative Inheritance.- 13. Half-Sib Analysis of Quantitative Data.- 14. Mental Abilities: A Family Study.- 15. Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics: Achievements and Gaps.