Genomic Diversity: Applications in Human Population Genetics

Genomic Diversity: Applications in Human Population Genetics
ISBN-10
1461542634
ISBN-13
9781461542636
Category
Social Science
Pages
246
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Surinder Singh Papiha, Ranjan Deka, Ranajit Chakraborty

Description

One of the major themes of human population genetics is assaying genetic variation in human populations. The ultimate goal of this objective is to understand the extent of genetic diversity and the use of this knowledge to reconstruct our evolutionary history. The discipline had undergone a revolutionary transition with the advent of molecular techniques in the 1980s. With this shift, statistical methods have also been developed to perceive the biological and molecular basis of human genetic variation. Using the new perspectives gained during the above transition, this volume describes the applications of molecular markers spanning the autosomal, Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial genome in the analysis of human diversity in contemporary populations. This is the first reference book of its kind to bring together data from these diverse sets of markers for understanding evolutionary histories and relationships of modern humans in a single volume.

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