Human variation : a genetic perspective on diversity, race, and medicine / edited by Aravinda Chakravarti, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Publisher:
CSH PressCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
viii, 131 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
"A subject collection from Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine." Includes bibliographical references and index. New Book -- December -- 2015
Contents:
Personalized medicine and human genetic diversity / Yi-Fan Lu, David B. Goldstein, Misha Angrist, and Gianpiero Cavalleri. What type of person are you? Old-fashioned thinking even in modern science / Kenneth M. Weiss, Brian W. Lambert -- Social diversity in humans: implications and hidden consequences for biological research / Troy Duster -- Demographic events and evolutionary forces shaping European genetic diversity / Krishna R. Veeramah and John Novembre -- Genetic variation and adaptation in Africa: implications for human evolution and disease / Felicia Gomez, Jibril Hirbo, and Sarah A. Tishkoff -- A genomic view of peopling and population structure of India / Partha P. Majumder and Analahba Basu -- How genes have illuminated the history of early Americans and Latino Americans / AndreĢs Ruiz-Linares -- Can genetics help us understand Indian social history? / Romila Thapar -- Race in biological and biomedical research / Richard S. Cooper -- Personalized medicine and human genetic diversity / Yi-Fan Lu, David B. Goldstein, Misha Angrist, and Gianpiero Cavalleri.
Summary:
"Since the appearance of modern humans in Africa around 200,000 years ago, we have migrated around the globe and accumulated genetic variations that affect various traits, including our appearance, skin color, food tolerance, and susceptibility to different diseases. Large-scale DNA sequencing is now allowing us to map the patterns of human genetic variation more accurately than ever before, trace our ancestries, and develop personalized therapies for particular diseases. It is also reinforcing the idea that human populations are far from homogeneous, are highly intermixed, and do not fall into distinct races or castes that can be defined genetically." -- From the publisher's description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.