| Surnames and Genetic Structure Contributor(s): Lasker, Gabriel Ward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521057639 ISBN-13: 9780521057639 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: This book presents a lucid description and evaluation of these studies of the genetic structure of human populations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology |
| Dewey: 573.2 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropolog |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6" W x 9" (0.54 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Surnames are inherited in much the same way as are biological traits. Since surnames were generally adopted - in Europe during Medieval times - their distribution has become very uneven: analysis of the present geographic patterns provides an insight into the kind of redistribution of genes that has resulted from all the migrations of the intervening years. Using non-technical language and a minimum of mathematics, this book presents a lucid description and evaluation of these studies of the genetic structure of human populations. A special feature is the appendix which presents computer-generated maps and distribution diagrams of 100 common surnames in England and Wales. |