Surnames and genetic structure:

Surnames are inherited in much the same way as are biological traits. Since surnames were generally adopted - in Europe during Medieval times - their distribution has become very uneven: analysis of the present geographic patterns provides an insight into the kind of redistribution of genes that has...

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Beteilige Person: Lasker, Gabriel Ward
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1985
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology 1
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511983351
Zusammenfassung:Surnames are inherited in much the same way as are biological traits. Since surnames were generally adopted - in Europe during Medieval times - their distribution has become very uneven: analysis of the present geographic patterns provides an insight into the kind of redistribution of genes that has resulted from all the migrations of the intervening years. Using non-technical language and a minimum of mathematics, this book presents a lucid description and evaluation of these studies of the genetic structure of human populations. A special feature is the appendix which presents computer-generated maps and distribution diagrams of 100 common surnames in England and Wales.
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 148 Seiten)
ISBN:9780511983351