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Abnormal Hemoglobins in Human Populations
Contributor(s): Marks, Jonathan (Author), Livingstone, Frank B. (Author)
ISBN: 0202362647     ISBN-13: 9780202362649
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $56.00  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Health Care Delivery
- Social Science | Minority Studies
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
Dewey: 362.196
LCCN: 2009008713
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6" W x 9" (1.43 lbs) 490 pages
 
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Research on abnormal human hemoglobins (protein in blood that carries oxygen), has taught us about the inheritance, biochemistry, and distribution of these traits. This knowledge, coupled with mathematical research using computer models of population genetics, has enabled researchers to marry biological fact and genetic theory. This volume places medical understanding in an evolutionary framework. Using published data on the frequencies of abnormal hemoglobins in the world's populations, Livingston analyzes and interprets these frequencies in the light of world distribution of different forms of diseases such as malaria. He further develops the genetic theory of the evolutionary homeostasis. Livingston discusses the relation of abnormal hemoglobins to endemic malaria and, shows how natural selection pressures explain the known distribution of these traits. Where non-coinciding distributions arise, the book presents other genetic, anthropological, evolutionary, and epidemiological evidence to explain these discrepancies. This classic work remains a useful sourcebook for professors and graduate students of anthropology, genetics, epidemiology, and hematology.

Contributor Bio(s): Marks, Jonathan: -

Jonathan Marks is a professor of anthropology, at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He earned his M.S. in genetics, and M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Arizona, and has conducted postdoctoral research in genetics at the University of California at Davis. Mark's work on -molecular anthropology- has been widely published in professional journals.