Physiological and Morphological Adaptation and Evolution / / ed. by William A. Stini.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: ABDEL-HAMEED, FATHI,; ABDUSHELISHVILI, M. G.,; ALEKSEEVA, Τ. I.,; ALEXEEV, V. P.,; BRIEF, FRITZI KOHN DE,; CAPUCCI, E.,; CHURCHILL, EDMUND,; CORRENTI, V.,; CRESTA, M.,; CROGNIER, EMILE,; DE CASTRO E ALMEIDA, Μ. E.,; DUCROS, ALBERT,; DUCROS, JACQUELINE,; EIBEN, O. G.,; ERSKINE, PEGGY,; FIAWOO, D. K.,; GANGULY, PRANAB,; GLUESING, LINDA M.,; GODINA, Ε. Z.,; HIERNAUX, JEAN,; INOKUCHI, S.,; KANDA, S.,; KATONA-APTE, JUDIT,; KHRISANFOVA, Ε. Ν.,; KIMURA, KUNIHIKO,; LASKER, GABRIEL,; MALCOLM, L. A.,; MIKLASHEVSKAYA, Ν. N.,; MORRIS, LAURA NEWELL,; NUTE, PETER E.,; OLIVIER, G.,; PAŘÍZKOVÁ, JANA,; PROKOPEC, MIROSLAV,; RABINOW, DAVID,; ROBSON, JOHN R. K.,; ROMAIN, J. B.,; RÂMNEANTZU, PETER,; SINGH, RAGHBIR,; SMIRNOVA, N. S.,; SOLOVYEVA, V. S.,; SPEDINI, G.,; STINI, WILLIAM A.,; SUCHÝ, JAROSLAV,; SUNDERLAND, E.,; SUSANNE, C.,; TISSIER, H.,; VECCHI, F.,; VILLIERS, HERTHA DE,; VORONOV, A. A.,; WOMACK, HENRY,
• HerausgeberIn: Stini, William A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (525 p.)
• Other title: I-IV --; General Editor's Preface --; Introduction --; SECTION ONE Phenotypic Variation Among Human Populations --; Skin Color Variability in the Middle East --; Factor Analysis of Anthropometric Data for Fifteen Race-Age-National Origin Specific Groups --; Certain Problems of Ethnic Anthropology in Southwest Asia in the Light of the Latest Research --; Recent Anthropological Data on the Ammassalimiut Eskimo of East Greenland: Comparative Studies --; Natural Selection and Physical Adaptation to a Biotype of Tropical Africa --; Territorial Morphofunctional Studies in the Soviet Union: the Problem of Adaptive Types --; Adaptation of Morphology to Climate in Central Africa --; The Differential Geography of Races --; Blood Levels of Some Biochemical Components among Negroid Individuals with Hemoglobin A and AS --; Genogeography of Blood Factors in the Transcaucasus --; Morphological Peculiarities of the Body Frame in Different Ethnoterritorial Groups --; Effects of Isolation on Genetic Variability: Macaque Populations as Model Systems --; SECTION TWO Growth and Development --; Variations in Female Physique --; Body Composition of Japanese Children: Factor Analysis of Development --; Genetics of Human Morphological Characters --; Lean Body Mass in Young, Adult, and Advanced Age Groups --; Skeletal Maturation of Japanese-American Hybrids --; Growth and Environment Studies in Czechoslovakia --; Some Biosocial Determinants of the Growth, Healthy and Nutritional Status of Papua New Guinean Preschool Children --; Processes of Human Growth in High Altitudes --; Research on Puberty in Haiti --; The Development of Gypsy Children in Changing Living Conditions --; The Relationship Between Human Body Constitution, Longevity, Disease, and Causes of Death --; One of the Factors of Brachycephalization over the Centuries: The Susceptibility of Dolichocephals to Tuberculosis --; A Study of Morphological Variables and Genetic Markers in Urban and Rural South African Negro Male Populations --; Physical Growth and the Social Environment: A West African Example --; Progressive Decline in Stature in India: A Study of Sixty Population Groups --; A Study of Height, Weight, and Arm Girth Measurements of Punjabi Males --; Nutrition and Pregnancy --; The Age at Menarche in Venezuelan Students Residing in Metropolitan Caracas --; The Relevance of Nourishment to the Reproductive Cycle of the Female in India --; An Anatomical View of Demographic Data: Biomass, Fat Mass, and Lean Body Mass of the United States and Mexican Human Populations --; Individual Differences in Skeletal Muscle Fiber Composition --; Adaptive Strategies of Human Populations under Nutritional Stress --; SECTION THREE Effects of Chromosomal Variation on Human Development --; Comments on the Effects of Chromosomal Variation on Human Development --; The XX Male and the XY Female in Humans --; Hormonal Factors in Formative Processes --; Polyploidy in Humans and Other Vertebrates --; Biographical Notes --; Index of Names --; Index of Subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110803105; 9783110637922
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110803105
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by William A. Stini.