Section 1: Introduction
1. Why Study Human
Evolutionary Genetics?
Section 2: How do we study Genome Diversity?
2. Structure, Function and Inheritance of the Human Genome
3. The Diversity of the Human Genome
4. Discovering and Assaying Genome Diversity
Section 3: How do we Interpret Genetic
Variation?
5. Processes Shaping Diversity
6. Making Inferences from Diversity
Section 4: Where and When did Humans
Originate?
7. Human Apes
8. Origins of Modern Humans
Section 5: How did Humans Colonize the World?
9. The Distribution of Diversity - Out of Africa and into Asia,
Australia and Europe
10. Agricultural Expansions
11. Into New Found Lands
12. What Happens When Populations Meet?
Section 6: What use is an Evolutionary
Perspective?
13. Understanding the Past and Future of
Phenotypic Variation
14. Health Implications of Our Evolutionary Heritage
15. Identity and Identification
Mark Jobling earned a degree in Biochemistry and a DPhil at the
University of Oxford, UK, and in 1992 came to the University of
Leicester, UK, where he is now a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in
Basic Biomedical Sciences and Reader in Genetics. Mark's interests
are in Y chromosome diversity as a tool for addressing questions in
human evolution, genealogy and forensics, and also male infertility
and haploid mutation processes.
Matthew Hurles earned his degree in biochemistry at Oxford
University, UK, and PhD in Leicester, UK. He was until recently a
Research Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological
Research at Cambridge University, UK, analyzing genetic variation
with the aim of improving our understanding of the human past. He
is now at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge, UK,
investigating the unusual evolutionary dynamics of recently
duplicated genomic regions.
Chris Tyler-Smith earned his degree in biochemistry at Oxford
University, UK, and PhD in Edinburgh, UK. For the last few years he
has been a University Research Lecturer in the Biochemistry
Department at Oxford, UK, working on the structure and function of
human centromeres, and the application of Y-chromosomal DNA
variation to the understanding of the human past. He is now at the
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge, UK, studying the
genetic changes that have taken place during recent human
evolution.
"I strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in human evolutionary genetics or anthropological genetics. It would be an ideal choice for advanced undergraduates and graduate courses on this topic, and would also be a key reference for those active in such research." - Human Genomics "This is an absolutely superb book! I have been recommending it enthusiastically to professional colleagues, graduate students, and even the occasional highly motivated undergraduate student, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Not only is the book unique in terms of topical coverage, but it is also extremely well executed. In fact, it is one of the best textbooks on any subject I have ever read. It belongs on the shelves of everyone interested in the genetic aspects of human evolution. There is also much of value in it for paleoanthropologists, historical linguistics, archaeologists, and human biologists (biological anthropologists), as well as for geneticists with various complementary specialties and interests." - American Journal of Human Genetics "I strongly recommend Human Evolutionary Genetics as an undergraduate textbook. At the same time, I recommend this book to any readers with an interest in human evolution or human genetics." - Human Genetics
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