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An Introduction to Molecular Anthropology
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 rol...
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Hoboken, New Jersey
Wiley Blackwell / John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
2017
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Table of Contents:
- Genes: how they are inherited
- What genes are, what they do, and how they do it
- Genes in populations
- A simple model: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
- Evolutionary forces
- Molecular evolution
- Genetic markers
- Sampling populations and individuals
- Sampling DNA regions
- Analysis of genetic data from populations
- Analysis of genetic data from individuals
- Inferences about demographic history
- Our closest living relatives
- The origins of our species
- Ancient DNA
- Dispersal and migration
- Species-wide selection
- Local selection
- Genes and culture
- Ongoing and future developments in molecular anthropology.