Genetic Variation and its Maintenance
Genetic Variation and its Maintenance by Derek F. Roberts, published by Cambridge University Press on June 12, 2008, is a comprehensive exploration of the genetic variability found within human populations, particularly in tropical regions. This 308-page volume examines the origins and maintenance of genetic diversity and its role in the phenotypic variability of complex traits. The book is presented in English and is designed to provide insights into the analytical methods used in studying genetic variation, alongside a review of significant advancements in molecular biology.
Readers will find a detailed analysis of genetic diversity across various populations, including those from the Pacific, Africa, Asia, and Central America. The text delves into complex characters influenced by genetic factors, offering a framework for understanding biological issues related to affinity, differentiation, adaptation, and survival. This edition is particularly relevant for human geneticists, as well as physical and biological anthropologists, contributing to the broader discourse on genetics and its implications in life sciences and zoology.
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This volume considers the genetic variability of human populations, particularly in the tropics: its origins and maintenance, and its contribution to the phenotypic variability of complex characters. The first section deals with the ways of analysing genetic variation and provides a valuable review of relevant developments in molecular biology. The origin and maintenance of genetic diversity is considered in the second section with data presented for Pacific, African, Asian and Central American populations. The final section concerns characters in which the genetic contribution to variability is complex and shows how such characters may be used to elucidate biological problems of affinity and differentiation, of adaptation and survival. Published as part of the Decade of the Tropics research programme of the International Union of Biological Sciences, this volume will be of particular interest to human geneticists, physical and biological anthropologists.
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