A Genetic and Cultural Odyssey : : The Life and Work of L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza /

A Genetic and Cultural Odyssey : : The Life and Work of L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza / / Linda Stone.

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Drawing links between genetic and cultural development, Cavalli-Sforza developed groundbreaking techniques to trace the evolution of Homo sapiens and the origins of human differentiation, in addition to his earlier work in bacterial genetics. He is also the founder of the Human Genome Diversity Proj...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Stone, Linda,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 35 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Science and Society, Genes and Culture
  • Chapter 2. From Medicine to Bacterial Genetics (1943-1960)
  • Chapter 3. The Shift to Human Populations (1952-1970)
  • Chapter 4. Excursions into Human Culture (1970-)
  • Chapter 5. Genes, Languages, and Human Prehistory (1970-)
  • Chapter 6. On to DNA Polymorphisms and the Y Chromosome (1984-)
  • Chapter 7. The Human Genome Diversity Project (1991- )
  • Chapter 8. The Legacy
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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