Human variation : races, types, and ethnic groups /

Human variation : races, types, and ethnic groups /

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Author / Creator:Molnar, Stephen, 1931-
Edition:6th ed.
Imprint:Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2006.
Description:xiv, 434 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Physical anthropology.
Race.
Anthropology, Physical.
Variation (Genetics)
Continental Population Groups.
Ethnic Groups.
Physical anthropology.
Race.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5789354
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ISBN:0131927655
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-419) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Biological Diversity and the Race Concept: An Introduction
  • Human Variation: Its Discovery and Classification
  • Anthropometry: The Measures of Human Variation
  • Eugenics
  • Racial Boundaries: Fact or Fiction?
  • Race, Geography, and Origins
  • Confusions and Contradictions of Human Classification
  • Human Biological Variability: A Perspective
  • Chapter 2. The Biological Basis for Human Variation
  • Principles of Inheritance
  • Formal Human Genetics
  • Factors of Variation and Evolution
  • The Gene, DNA, and the "Code of Life"
  • Chromosomes at the Molecular Level
  • Gene Clusters and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLPs)
  • Y-Chromosome DNA Polymorphisms
  • Mitochondrial DNA
  • Genes and Populations: A Summary
  • Chapter 3. Traits of Simple Inheritance I: Blood Groups and Proteins
  • Blood Components and Inherited Traits
  • The Blood Groups
  • The Blood Groups: An Overview
  • White Blood Cell (WBC) Antigens
  • Polymorphisms of Serum Proteins
  • Inborn Errors of Metabolism
  • Other Polymorphisms of Anthropological Interest
  • Traits of Simple Inheritance: Some Conclusions
  • Chapter 4. Traits of Simple Inheritance II: Hemoglobin Variants and DNA Markers
  • Hemoglobins: Normal and Abnormal
  • Distribution of Hemoglobin S
  • Malaria and Natural Selection
  • Other Abnormal Hemoglobins
  • The Enzyme G6PD (Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase)
  • Distribution of Red-Cell Variants in Sardinian Populations
  • Gene Frequency Changes and African Americans
  • DNA Markers of Human Variation
  • Genetic Markers at the DNA Level: Some Conclusions
  • Chapter 5. Traits of Complex Inheritance and Their Adaptations: I
  • The Structure and Function of Skin
  • Skin Color, Geography, and Natural Selection
  • Skin Color and Evolution
  • Craniofacial Traits
  • Eye Color and Hair Color
  • Human Form and Its Variability
  • Body Size and Form: Perspectives of Heredity
  • Chapter 6. Traits of Complex Inheritance and Their Adaptations: II
  • Characteristics of Growth and Development
  • Nutritional Influences
  • Adaptation to Cold or Hot Environments
  • High Altitude Environments: Stresses and Responses
  • Conclusions: Complex Traits and Their Adaptations
  • Chapter 7. Human Variability, Behavior, and Racism
  • Race, Nations, and Racism
  • Intelligence Quotient: A Measure of Mental Ability?
  • Behavior and Inheritance or Inheritance of Behavior
  • Class and Caste
  • Genetics, Intelligence, and the Future
  • Chapter 8. Distribution of Human Biodiversity
  • Some Factors Contributing to Gene Distribution
  • Races, Ethnic Groups, or Breeding Populations
  • Breeding Populations
  • Clinal Distribution of Traits
  • Breeding Populations versus Clines
  • Chapter 9. Perspectives of Health and Human Diversity: Influences of the Race Concept
  • Epidemiological Transition: The Distribution and Type of Disease
  • The Developing World and Epidemiological Transitions
  • A New World, but Old Diseases
  • What Is a Race?
  • Genes, Races, Environments, and Diseases: Some Conclusions
  • Chapter 10. Changing Dimensions of the Human Species
  • Population Size and Growth: Historical Perspectives
  • Factors of Population Change
  • Empowerment of Women
  • Fertility Differences and Population Composition
  • Demographic Balances
  • Regional Changes of World Populations
  • Races, Types, and Ethnic Groups: Where Are We?
  • References
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Figures
  • 1-1. A Classification of Apes and Humans
  • 1-2. Representative Skull Shapes Viewed from Above
  • 1-3. Polar-Projection Map of the world Showing the Limits of Nine Geographical Races Described by Garn (1961)
  • 1-4. Models of Human Origins
  • 1-5. Racial Classifications according to U.S. Census of 2000
  • 2-1. Independent Segregation: Mendel's First Law
  • 2-2. Independent Assortment: Mendel's Second Law
  • 2-3. Stages of Cell Division
  • 2-4. Crossover of X-Chromosome Fragments during Meiosis
  • 2-5. Human Chromosomes in Mitosis
  • 2-6. X- and Y-Chromosomes
  • 2-7. Examples of X-Linked Inheritance
  • 2-8. Dominant Inheritance: Examples of Abnormal Traits
  • 2-9. Inheritance of ABO Blood Types
  • 2-10. Recessive Inheritance: Examples of Abnormal Traits
  • 2-11. Skin-Color Distributions of Blacks and Whites
  • 2-12a. Nucleotide Structure, the Basic Unit of the DNA Molecule
  • 2-12b. Schematic Diagram Depicting the Ladderlike Arrangement of DNA
  • 2-12c. Helical Shape of DNA Molecule and Semiconservative Replication
  • 2-13. Amino Acid Sequences of Three Types of Beta Globin
  • 2-14. Transcription of DNA and the Synthesis of Messenger RNA (mRNA)
  • 2-15. Formation of Polypeptide Chains
  • 2-16. DNA and Chromosome Structure
  • 2-17. DNA Fragment Separation by the Southern Blotting Technique
  • 2-18a. Diagram of the Beta Globin Gene of Human Hemoglobin
  • 2-18b. Diagram of the Beta Globin Gene Cluster
  • 3-1. Blood Components
  • 3-2. Diagram of Antibodies-Antigen Reactions
  • 3-3. Basic Chemical Structure for the ABO Blood Group
  • 3-4. Synthesis of ABH Chemical Structure
  • 3-5. ABO Blood Group Distribution

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