Genetic variation and its maintenance

Cambridge University Press

1986

xi, 286 p.

Society for the Study of human biology symposium ; 27

9780521332576

Genetic polymorphisms : a widening panorama / D.F. Roberts --Some implications of improved electrophoresis techniques for population genetics / S.S. Papiha --HLA variation in the tropics / J. Wentzel --Chromosome polymorphism in humans / H.G. Schwarzacher --Restriction fragment length polymorphisms in the human genome / D.N. Cooper & J. Schmidtke --Nucleotide sequences, restriction maps, and human mitochondrial DNA diversity / R.L. Cann --Mitochondrial DNA variation in eastern highlanders of Papua New Guinea / M. Stoneking, K. Bhatia & A.C. Wilson --The contribution of polymorphisms in mtDNA to population genetic studies / B. Bonne-Tamir & L.L. Cavalli-Sforza --Human genetic diversity in south-east Asia and the western Pacific / R.L. Kirk --Malaria-protective alleles in southern Africa : relict alleles of no health significance / T. Jenkins & M. Ramsay --The genetic origin of the variability of the phenotypic expression of the Hb S gene / D. Labie [and others] --Origin and maintenance of genetic variation in Black Carib populations of St. Vincent and Central America / M.H. Crawford --Historical and demographic factors and the genetic structure of an Afro-American community of Nicaragua / G. Battistuzzi [and others] --Migration and genetic polymorphisms in some Congo peoples / G. Spedini [and others] --Population structure studies and genetic variability in humans / L.B. Jorde --Inbreeding and the incidence of recessive disorders in the populations of Karnataka, South India / A.H. Bittles, A. Radha Rama Devi & N. Appaji Rao --Genetic diversity at the albumin locus / F.W. Lorey & D.G. Smith --Significance of dermatoglyphics in studies of population genetic variation in man / G. Hauser --Polymorphisms of red-green vision among populations of the tropics / A. Adam --Reductions in body size and the preservation of genetic variability in tropical populations / W.A. Stini --Genetic isolates and the search for causal mechanisms of disease / R.M. Garruto.

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