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Genomes, Evolution, and Culture Past, Present, and Future of Humankind.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Herrera, Rene J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Genomes, Evolution,and CulturePast, Present, and Futureof Humankind -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The history of human evolutionary genetics -- World views -- Science and philosophy -- The biology of mankind: anatomy and physiology in a historical context (up to the 16th century) -- Beginnings of the present scientific model -- Biological evolution and genetic foundations: the brilliant quartet -- Nineteenth century: cytology, embryology, and reproduction -- Twentieth century, the century of genetics -- The synthetic theory of evolution -- Bacterial and molecular genetics 
505 8 |a Parallel developments: paleoanthropology -- Technical and methodological developments -- Conclusions -- Review questions and exercises -- References -- Chapter 2: The human genome: structure, function, and variation -- Science, politics, and ethics -- Structural aspects -- Normal and abnormal phenotype distribution -- Function -- Sex chromosomes -- Paleogenomics -- Variability: mtDNA -- Nuclear variability -- Exomes and proteomes -- Selection or drift? History -- Selection or drift? Methods -- Selection or drift? Analyses -- Nervous system and culture -- Conclusions 
505 8 |a Review questions and exercises -- References -- Chapter 3: Population structure -- DNA-based marker systems -- SNPs, STRs, and Indels as DNA markers -- SNPs -- STRs -- Indels -- Population genetic tools for analyzing population structure -- Forces affecting population dynamics, structure, and evolution -- Selection -- Genetic drift -- Migration and founder effect -- Isolation and inbreeding -- Nonrandom mating -- Bottlenecks -- Admixture -- Applications of population genetics -- Introduction -- Medicine -- Pharmacogenetics -- DNA fingerprinting -- From populations to races and species 
505 8 |a Review questions and exercises -- References -- Chapter 4: Genetic variability -- On the nature of variability -- Mechanisms responsible for generating genetic variability -- Randomness of mutations -- Inheritance and environment -- Selection works on the phenotype -- The impact of selection -- Cultural expressions as markers of ancestry -- Congruency among marker systems -- Does junk DNA exist? -- How genetic diversity is studied? -- Epigenetic diversity -- Review questions and exercises -- References -- Chapter 5: Gene and genomic dynamics 
505 8 |a Molecular evidence for punctuated equilibrium and gradualism -- Next-generation sequencing -- Genetic variation -- Variation, population structure, and effective population size -- Recombination and its effect on variation -- Linkage equilibrium and disequilibrium -- Forces leading to linkage disequilibrium -- Linkage disequilibrium and SNP haplotypes -- Linkage disequilibrium in humans -- Genome structural variations -- CNV classifications and formation mechanisms -- Methods used to detect CNVs -- CNVs associated with human phenotypes -- CNVs and evolution -- CNV in primates 
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