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Troublesome science : the misuse of genetics and genomics in understanding race /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: DeSalle, Rob (Author), Tattersall, Ian (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Series:Race, inequality, and health.
Subjects:
Population genetics.
Genomics.
Evolution (Biology)
Genetics, Population.
Continental Population Groups.
Biological Evolution.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Evolutionary lessons
  • Species and how to recognize them
  • Phylogenetic trees
  • The name game : modern zoological nomenclature and the rules of naming things
  • DNA fingerprinting and barcoding
  • Early biological notions of human divergence
  • Mitochondrial Eve and Y chromosome Adam
  • The other 99 percent of the genome
  • ABBA/BABA and the genomes of our ancient relatives
  • Human migration and neolithic genomes
  • Gene genealogies and species trees
  • Clustering humans?
  • Structureing humans?
  • Mr. Murray loses his bet
  • Epilogue : race and society.