Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics :
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[Book]
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Volume 1 Theory and Methods
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by James H. Mielke, Michael H. Crawford.
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Boston, MA
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Springer US
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1980
CONTENTS NOTE
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I: Historical Approaches to Anthropological Genetics --;1. Voices of Our Ancestors --;2. Historical Demography: Applications in Anthropological Genetics --;II: Evolutionary Perspectives --;3. Perspectives on the Theory of Social Evolution --;4. The Anthropological Usefulness of Highly Polymorphic Systems: HLA and Immunoglobulin Allotypes --;5. Natural Selection and Random Variation in Human Evolution --;6. The Simulation of Human Fertility: Strategies in Demographic Modeling --;III: Analytical Theory --;7. The Genetic Structure of Subdivided Human Populations: A Review --;8. Distance Analysis and Multidimensional Scaling --;9. Pedigree Analysis of Complex Models --;10. Current Directions in Genetic Epidemiology --;IV: Analytical Theory: illustrated by Example --;11. Segregation Analysis --;12. Path Analysis of Quantitative Inheritance --;13. Half-Sib Analysis of Quantitative Data --;14. Mental Abilities: A Family Study --;15. Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics: Achievements and Gaps.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The papers in this volume were presented as part of the University of Kansas Department of Anthropology Distinguished Lecture Program on Anthro- pological Genetics. This volume can be considered a companion and continuation of Methods and Theories of Anthropological Genetics, which was based upon a symposium on the state of the art in 1971.