The Genetics of Human Populations
L. L. Cavalli-Sforza

Comprehensive, advanced treatment of the nature and source of inherited characteristics, and mathematical techniques of population genetics. Mendelian populations, mutations, polymorphisms, genetic demography and natural selection, inbreeding, sexual dimorphism and human evolution, eugenics, euphenics, more. Emphasis on interpretation of data in relation to theoretical models. Minimal math background required.

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ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 05 Mar 10:
... high frequency with the last 10, 000 years or so. A major reason we have such clarity on these issues is that only a handful of genes seem to be responsible for most of the between-population variation in pigmentation. This was expected from older studies using classical genetic techniques, see The Genetics of Human Populations. But theory is one thing, science has a way of upsetting expectations. This is one case where new techniques have solidified and fleshed out the inferences of the old. But there is a twist in the simple story, though there seems to be only one way that humans are ...

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